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‘Donkey’: Eddie Murphy ‘Shrek’ spinoff sets summer 2028 release

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  1. amp123
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    This seems like a terrible idea. Donkey worked across from Shrek in very very narrow circumstances and IMO actually wore pretty thin pretty quickly Does anyone actually want to see this? Am I...

    This seems like a terrible idea. Donkey worked across from Shrek in very very narrow circumstances and IMO actually wore pretty thin pretty quickly

    Does anyone actually want to see this? Am I going to eat my words when this makes two billion dollars?

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  2. macleod
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    How they keep milking this property is beyond me, but I guess it makes some people happy? I've never heard anything negative about anything past the second movie (which I saw in theaters, to my...

    How they keep milking this property is beyond me, but I guess it makes some people happy? I've never heard anything negative about anything past the second movie (which I saw in theaters, to my grandfathers disgust after seeing it), so that's something.

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    heraplem
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    History shows that spin-offs starring a comic relief character rarely work. The earliest example I'm aware of is Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, starring Falstaff (the comic relief...

    History shows that spin-offs starring a comic relief character rarely work. The earliest example I'm aware of is Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, starring Falstaff (the comic relief character of Falstaff from the Henry IV plays) and often considered Shakespeare's worst.

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    1. Nivlak
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      Minions though has done really well. I never thought that would have turned out to be that successful.

      Minions though has done really well. I never thought that would have turned out to be that successful.

  4. CannibalisticApple
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    ...You know, weirdly enough this somehow feels like it could have better potential than Shrek 5, at least. As far as comic relief characters go, Donkey feels actually fairly solid and capable of...

    ...You know, weirdly enough this somehow feels like it could have better potential than Shrek 5, at least. As far as comic relief characters go, Donkey feels actually fairly solid and capable of standing on his own without Shrek as a direct foil. Just need to have the right surrounding cast for him to play off of.