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After a number of talks of a fifth installment in a well-known, animated comedy movie, Common Footage revealed its first official teaser for ‘Shrek 5’ on Thursday. Whereas the teaser trailer showcased acquainted faces making a comeback to the movie, comparable to Donkey (Eddy Murphy), Shrek (Mike Myers) and Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), it additionally launched a brand new voice to the unique forged.
Zendaya will play Shrek and Princess Fiona’s daughter, Felicia, within the new installment.
Together with the reveal of a brand new voice added to the record of characters, there was one side of the teaser that has been elevating backlash from followers. The animation for this movie appears barely completely different compared to the animation design for the primary 4 movies. Viewers went to social media to share their opinions on the animation’s redesign by means of posts and feedback sections.
“The animation is stable… however it’s not our Shrek,” stated kodakmovies from Instagram.
“I recognize the extra cartoony type they’re going for, however I used to be a extremely large fan of how ugly and extra “sensible” the outdated facial proportions had been,” stated Saltydkdan from X. “Hoping it appears higher within the remaining launch.” One Instagram person, aashil.sal, stated that “they took her (Princess Fiona’s) appeal away.” One other social media person even went far sufficient to say that the brand new animation design “is definitely such a horrible change.” Kingcrio went on to level out that “it appears much less crisp and so bland.”
With the backlash remarks making its means throughout social media, some viewers discover the brand new look not as disturbing.
“Actually, who cares if the outdated animation is aged,” stated Karahpalmer from Instagram. “Simply recreate the aged animation or simply shelf the challenge.” One other social media person, 3levate_16, stated that “if something about animation, you’ll know that the animation methods used on the brand new Shrek trailer is far more superior than the stiff animation they’d for the primary couple of flicks.
“If you happen to can not see that, then you’re merely blinded by nostalgia and that’s that.”
Because the reactions to the brand new movie’s animation design proceed to hit all sides of opinions, viewers have a 12 months to resolve if this new look can be given an opportunity. ‘Shrek 5’ is about to launch in 2026 on Dec. 23.
