USA: "Shrek: Forever After" -- the fourth and final installment - has its world premiere in New York

Record ID: 220452

  • Title: USA: "Shrek: Forever After" -- the fourth and final installment - has its world premiere in New York
  • Date: 23rd April 2010
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (APRIL 21, 2010) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) GREEN CARPET AT THE PREMIERE OF "SHREK: FOREVER AFTER" CAST INCLUDING MIKE MYERS, CAMERON DIAZ, EDDIE MURPHY AND ANTONIO BANDERAS POSE FOR PHOTOS ON THE GREEN CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) MIKE MYERS, VOICE OF SHREK, SAYING: "Fawlty Towers did it great. They wrote a set number of them and then they walked away. I think this is a very elegant move by Jeffrey to give it a full and complete thought. I am very excited."
  • Embargoed: 8th May 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVABEFSWR5XJX6YETYVKENXMEA6R
  • Story Text: Tribeca Film Festival opened in New York on Wednesday (April 21) with the surprising choice of "Shrek: Forever After", the fourth and final installment of the hit franchise.
    The film's stars including Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas walked an apt green carpet alongside the festival's founder, Robert De Niro and a host of other celebrities.
    It was a high-profile opening for Tribeca, which is a mix of independent and commercial films, and paid tribute to one of the most successful serials in recent time.
    And Shrek's creators opted to end the popular animation with "Shrek: Forever After" -- in 3-D.
    "Fawlty Towers did it great," Mike Myers, the voice of the character Shrek, told Reuters.
    "They wrote a set number of them and then they walked away. I think this is a very elegant move... I am very excited."
    For Cameron Diaz, who plays Shrek's long-time love interest Princess Fiona, it was an emotional night.
    "It is very hard," Diaz said. "It is something that I have not comprehended at the depth that I do at this very moment when I am talking about it with everyone."
    "It is the end. For Shrek, for Far Far Away and all the characters and for Shrek and Fiona. It's been a wonderful ride and lovely to be apart of it. I feel honored to be apart of it," she finished.
    Tribeca Film Festival, in its ninth year, runs for 12-days and spans more than 130 films.
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