Last "Shrek" Film To Hit Theaters In 3-D

November 25, 2009 4:01 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - The fourth film in the "Shrek" franchise is also going to be the last. "Shrek Forever After" will hit theaters in 2010 and will also be the first time a "Shrek" film will be seen in 3-D.

"Shrek Forever After" is scheduled to hit theaters May 21st, 2010, with the first sneak peek showing in front of "Avatar" when it premieres on December 18th. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz are all back as the voices of the titular character, Donkey, and Princess Fiona.

In the new film, "Shrek" meets "It's A Wonderful Life" when Shrek strikes a deal with wee Rumpelstiltskin for things to go back to the way things used to be when he was a fearsome ogre and not a magnet for fairytale creatures and a domesticated father of three. But when Shrek sees his life as if he had never existed, he tries to overturn the pact.

"All that was loved about Shrek in the first film is brought to the final film," Bill Damaschke, head of creative production for Dreamworks told USA Today.

"Shrek Forever After," like all "Shrek" films, also introduces some new characters, like one voiced by comedian Kathy Griffin as an ogre-hunting witch and "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm as what director Mike Mitchell described as "the best-looking ogre you've ever seen."