Shrek 2

Shrek 2
Details
Country	United States
Language	English
Recording studio	L.A. Studios The Bridge Facilities (Doris and Joan Rivers' lines, UK release)
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Release	May 19, 2004

Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book Shrek! by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The sequel to Shrek and the second installment in the Shrek franchise, the film was directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Adamson, Joe Stillman, and the writing team of J. David Stem and David N. Weiss. It stars the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. In the film, Shrek (Myers) and Donkey (Murphy) team up with the swashbuckling cat Puss in Boots (Banderas) to foil plans by Fiona's (Diaz) Fairy Godmother (Saunders) to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage.

Development began in 2001, and following disagreements with producers, the first film's screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were replaced with Adamson. The story was inspired by Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and new animation tools were utilized to improve the visual appearance of each character, particularly Puss in Boots. The lead actors also received a significant bump in salary to $10 million, which at the time was among the highest contracts in their respective careers. Like its predecessor, Shrek 2 also parodies other films based on fairy tales and features references to American popular culture.

Shrek 2 premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and it was released in theaters on May 19, 2004. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed US$928.7 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide. Shrek 2 is also DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Toy Story 3 surpassed it in 2010. The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and its associated soundtrack charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard 200. A sequel to the film, Shrek the Third, was released in May 2007.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Shrek	Mike Myers
	Princess Fiona	Cameron Diaz
	Donkey	Eddie Murphy
	Puss in Boots	Antonio Banderas
	Fairy Godmother	Jennifer Saunders
	King Harold	John Cleese
	Queen Lillian	Julie Andrews
	Prince Charming	Rupert Everett
	Wolf	Aron Warner
	Pinocchio	Cody Cameron
	Heimlich
	Dieter
	Horst
	Gingerbread Man	Conrad Vernon
	Cedric
Announcer
	Muffin Man
	Mongo
	Blind Mouse	Christopher Knights
	Herald	David P. Smith
	Man With a Box
	Mirror	Mark Moseley
	Dresser
	Fast Food Clerk	Kelly Cooney
	Doris	Larry King
		Jonathan Ross (UK)
	Jerome the receptionist	Guillaume Aretos
	Humphries	Chris Miller
	Magic Mirror
	Joan Rivers	Joan Rivers
		Kate Thronton (UK)
	Bar Frog	Wendy Bilanski
Page		Kelly Asbury
	Elf
	Nobelman
	Nobelman's Son
	Captain of the Guards	Andrew Adamson
ADR Group		Newell Alexander
Tom Amundsen
Steve Apostolina
Kelly Asbury
Bob Bergen
Terry Brannon
Rodger Bumpass
Mitch Carter
Robert Clotworthy
David Cowgill
Jennifer Darling
Debi Derryberry
Paul Eiding
Lake Eissinmann
Bill Farmer
Bridget Hoffman
Sherry Lynn
Danny Mann
Mickie McGowan
Chris Miller
Edie Mirman
Laraine Newman
Paul Pape
Jan Rabson
Erika Thomas
Marcelo Tubert
Conrad Vernon
Jim Ward

Technical staff
Casting by		Leslee Feldman, CSA
ADR voice casting		Mickie McGowan
L.A. Maddogs
Recording engineers		Carlos Sotolongo
Larry Winer
UK release
ADR editor		Nick Lowe
Dubbing coordinator		Jane Babb
LA mix studio		20th Century Fox
Re-recording mixer		Jim Bolt
Dubbing engineer		Bill Stein
Recordist		Matt Patterson
Dolby Film consultant		Bryan Pennington

Music

Song		Singer(s)
Accidentally in Love		Counting Crows
One		Eddie Murphy
Fairy Godmother Song		Jennifer Saunders
I Need Some Sleep		Eels
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now		Eddie Murphy
Ever Fallen in Love		Peter Yorn
Tommorrow		Eddie Murphy
Changes		David Bowie
Butterfly Boucher
Holding Out For A Hero		Jennifer Saunders
Frou Frou (end credits version)
Livin' La Vida Loca		Eddie Murphy
Antonio Banderas
All By Myself		Eddie Murphy

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs
• Subtitled versions

	Language	Title
	Abaza	Шрек 2
	Adyghe	Шрек 2
	Albanian	Shrek 2
	Arabic	شريك 2
	Armenian	Ժորիկը 2
	Balochi	2 شیروک
	Bengali	শ্রেক ২
	Bulgarian	Шрек 2
	Cantonese	史力加2
	Catalan	Shrek 2
	Croatian	Shrek 2
	Czech	Shrek 2
	Danish	Shrek 2
	Dutch (Belgium)	Shrek 2
	Dutch (Netherlands)	Shrek 2
	Estonian	Shrek 2
	Filipino	Shrek 2
	Finnish	Shrek 2
	French	Shrek 2
	German	Shrek 2 – Der tollkühne Held kehrt zurück
	Gilaki	شرک ۲
	Greek	Σρεκ 2
	Hausa	Botorami 2
	Hebrew	שרק 2
	Hindi	श्रेक 2
	Hungarian	Shrek 2
	Icelandic	Shrek 2
	Indonesian (FOX Family Movies)	Shrek 2
	Indonesian (MNC Studios)	Shrek 2
	Irish	Shrek 2
	Italian	Shrek 2
	Japanese	シュレック2
	Kabyle	Crek 2
	Kazakh	Шрек 2
	Khmer	Shrek 2
	Korean (North Korea)	슈레크 2
	Korean (South Korea) (Theatrical)	슈렉 2
	Korean (South Korea) (TV)	슈렉 2
	Kurdish (Central) (Agrin Group)	شریک بەشی 2
	Kurdish (Central) (Pêlistank TV)	2 شرک
	Kurdish (Central) (Shirzad Sendi)	Shrek 2
	Latvian	Šreks 2
	Lithuanian	Šrekas 2
	Malay (Astro)	Shrek 2
	Malay (Disney Channel)	Shrek 2
	Malay (HBO)	Shrek 2
	Mandarin (China)	怪物史莱克2
	Mandarin (Taiwan)	史瑞克2
	Norwegian	Shrek 2
	Ossetian	Шрек 2
	Persian (Filimo)	شرک ۲
	Persian (Glory Entertainment)	شرک ۲
	Persian (MBC Persia)	Shrek 2
	Polish	Shrek 2
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Shrek 2
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Shrek 2
	Romanian (Ager Film)	Shrek 2
	Romanian (2022 re-dub)	Shrek 2
	Russian	Шрек 2 Шрэк 2 (alernative title)
	Sinhala	ශ්රේක් 2
	Somali	Shrek 2
	Spanish (Latin America)	Shrek 2
	Spanish (Spain)	Shrek 2
	Swedish	Shrek 2
	Thai	เชร็ค 2
	Tigrinya	ሽሬክ 2
	Turkish	Şrek 2
	Ukrainian	Шрек 2
	Uyghur	غەلىتە مەخلۇق شۈرېك 2
	Vietnamese (HTV3)	Gã Chằn Tinh Tốt Bụng 2

	Language	Title
	Armenian	Շրեք 2
	Azerbaijani	Şrek 2
	Belarusian	Шрек 2
	Bulgarian (bTV)	Шрек 2
	Bulgarian (Doli Media Studio)	Шрек 2
	Georgian (1st voice-over)	შრეკი 2
	Georgian (2nd voice-over)	შრეკი 2
	Karachay-Balkar	Шырэк 2
	Lithuanian	Šrekas 2
	Mongolian	Шрек 2
	Russian	Шрек 2
	Ukrainian (1+1)	Шрек 2
	Ukrainian (Inter)	Шрек 2
	Ukrainian (Новий канал)	Шрек 2
	Uzbek	Shrek 2
	Vietnamese	Gã Chằn Tinh Tốt Bụng 2

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Шрек 2
	Serbian	Šrek 2 Шрек 2
	Slovak	Shrek 2
	Slovene	Shrek 2

Trivia

• In the UK release of the film, both the Ugly Stepsister and Joan Rivers have their voice lines re-dubbed.
• This is the first film in the Shrek franchise to be dubbed in Abaza, Arabic, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ossetian and Vietnamese despite the fact that the first movie was not dubbed in said languages, or were subtitled/voice-overed instead.
• The Abaza dub is incomplete, as only two-thirds of the dub have been found online.
• This is the second and final film of the Shrek franchise to have a Kabardian dub.

References

v - e - d Dubs Abaza • Adyghe • Albanian • Arabic • Armenian • Balochi • Bengali • Bulgarian • Cantonese • Catalan • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch (Belgium • Netherlands) • Estonian • Filipino • Finnish • French • German • Gilaki • Greek • Hausa • Hebrew • Hindi • Hungarian • Icelandic • Indonesian (FOX • GTV) • Italian • Japanese • Kabyle • Kazakh • Khmer • Korean (North • South) • Kurdish (Unknown • Shirzad Sendi) • Latvian • Lithuanian • Malay (Astro • Disney Channel • HBO) • Mandarin (China • Taiwan) • Norwegian • Ossetian • Persian (Glory Entertainment • MBC Persia) • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil • Portugal) • Romanian (Original • Re-dub) • Russian • Sinhala • Somali • Spanish (Latin American • Spain) • Swedish • Thai • Tigrinya • Turkish • Ukrainian • Uyghur • Vietnamese Voice-overs Armenian • Azerbaijani • Belarusian • Bulgarian (bTV • HBO) • Georgian (1st VO • 2nd VO) • Karachay-Balkar • Lithuanian) • Mongolian • Russian • Ukrainian (1+1 • Inter • Новий канал) • Uzbek • Vietnamese Songs Fairy Godmother Song • Holding Out For A Hero • Livin' La Vida Loca

v - e - d (franchise) Movies Shrek (2001) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) • Shrek 5 (2026) Television specials Shrek the Halls (2007) • Scared Shrekless (2010) Short films Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003) • Far Far Away Idol (2004) • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) • Thriller Night (2011) • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) • The Trident (2022) TV series The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015) Video games Shrek 2: The Game (2004) • Team Action (2004) • Dragon's Tale (2005) • Shrek SuperSlam (2005) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Shrek's Carnival Craze (2008) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Puss in Boots (2011)

v - e - d Animated films Antz (1998) • The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Chicken Run (2000) • Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Flushed Away (2006) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) • Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Megamind (2010) • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) • Puss in Boots (2011) • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) • Rise of the Guardians (2012) • The Croods (2013) • Turbo (2013) • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • Penguins of Madagascar (2014) • Home (2015) • Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) • Trolls (2016) • The Boss Baby (2017) • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • Abominable (2019) • Trolls World Tour (2020) • The Croods: A New Age (2020) • Spirit Untamed (2021) • The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) • The Bad Guys (2022) • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) • Trolls Band Together (2023) • Orion and the Dark (2024) • Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) • The Wild Robot (2024) • Dog Man (2025) • The Bad Guys 2 (2025) • Shrek 5 (2026) Live-action films How to Train Your Dragon (2025) • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) Television specials Shrek the Halls (2007) • Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) • Merry Madagascar (2009) • Scared Shrekless (2010) • Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010) • Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • Madly Madagascar (2013) • Trolls Holiday (2016) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) • Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021) Short films Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003) • Cyclops Island (2003) • Far Far Away Idol (2004) • The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) • Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006) • Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) • B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009) • Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) • Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011) • Thriller Night (2011) • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) • Night of the Living Carrots (2011) • Book of Dragons (2011) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011) • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012) • Almost Home (2014) • Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) • Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2015) • Panda Paws (2016) • The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time (2017) • Tiny Diamond Goes Back to School (2020) • To: Gerard (2020) • Family Movie Night: Little Red Bronana Bread (2020) • Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2020) • Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale (2021) • The Bad Guys in Maraschino Ruby (2022) • The Trident (2022) • It Takes Three (2023) • Dueling Dumplings (2024) • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2024)