Shrek the Third: Premiere

• A big appeal of animation is the people behind the voices of the characters. Just by looking at the list of BIG famous stars lending their voices for Shrek the Third:
  
  1. Shrek- Mike Myers
  2. Fiona- Cameron Diaz
  3. Donkey- Eddie Murphy
  4. Puss in Boots- Antonio Banderas
  5. Artie- Justin Timberlake 6. King Harold- John Cleese

Looking at that list, it illustrates one reason why Shrek and other animations are appealing, not only because of what you see but the people who bring the characters voices to life. Also as you watch the videos, you may notice that there are hundreds and hundreds of people who have turned up to the Shrek the Third world premiere in California illustrating the popularity of Shrek and the animation genre. Who says it’s in decline?

• Antonio Banderas: “A landmark for animation movies and movies in general”

• Eddie Murphy:
  “The Shrek movies I think are really really special and everybody loves them and all the characters are funny and it’s great to be involved in something like that.”
  “Little kids know me as Donkey; they come to me and do Donkey impressions on the streets and stuff”.


• Cameron Diaz:
  “I think with Shrek, it holds up to the other two, but it definitely stands alone, there’s a lot in this movie for everyone once again and I think it opens up to even more audiences if it is possible”


• Justin Timberlake:
  “My favourite thing about Shrek is it meets the 8 year olds and the 38 year olds.”- This is a big factor to the success of animation. It draws in LARGE audiences. Although the film’s primary target is kids, the film also appeals to “38 year olds”. It “meets on every level”.


• Cheri Oteri:
  “There’s so many characters that people like in Shrek, the humour is quick, it’s sophisticated, yet there’s something for everybody.”

• The movie has a modern edge”


• “Shrek is Shrek, everybody knows Shrek”

• Rupert Everett
  “The thing I like most about Shrek is how the images become more sophisticated”.


• Shrek 4 coming out in 2010