The animated movie "Shrek 5" is under preparation and is expected to return to the original crew.

CTOnews.com, April 5 (Xinhua)-- Shrek 5, the fifth installment of the classic animated movie Shrek series, is coming, according to lighting entertainment CEO and director Chris Meledandri, officials are trying to assemble the original crew.

Chris Meledandri said in an interview with foreign media Variety that DreamWorks Animation, of which he is a creative consultant, is seeking to restart the Shrek series and will retrieve the original iconic character dubbing, including Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz, which are currently in negotiations.

"We expect the actors to come back and negotiations have now begun. Every sign we get shows that the actors are very enthusiastic about returning."

In addition, Chris Meledandri hopes to make derivative films for the donkey role in Shrek. After all, Puss in Boots already has two derivative films.

CTOnews.com found that the first four films of the Shrek series, which were released in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 respectively, have a stable reputation and eye-catching box office results, with the second film reaching $920 million (currently about 6.33 billion yuan).