Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
- The incredible score for Shrek Forever After was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Before Mike Myers was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
Shrek Forever After is a 2010 American animated comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation, the fourth and final installment in the main Shrek franchise. When Shrek grows frustrated with the domesticated routine of fatherhood and longs for the days when he was a feared ogre, he makes a deal with the scheming Rumpelstiltskin to live one day as if he'd never been born. The deal transports Shrek to an alternate reality where Far Far Away is a dystopian wasteland ruled by Rumpelstiltskin, Fiona leads a guerrilla ogre resistance, and nobody — including his wife and children — knows who Shrek is.
The It's a Wonderful Life-inspired premise gave the franchise a surprisingly effective emotional framework, allowing Shrek to rediscover what his family and friends mean to him by experiencing a world where he never existed. The alternate-reality Fiona, a warrior leading an ogre rebellion, was a compelling reinvention of the character. The film earned $752 million worldwide on a $165 million budget.
