Shrek the Third/Trivia

Trivia about  includes:


 * Actor Allusion:
 * Listen to the queen's Non Sequitur Thud after . Sound familiar?
 * Eric Idle voicing a character from Arthurian legend, in the same film as John Cleese?
 * Franchise Killer: DreamWorks had plans for five movies in the Shrek film series. Shrek was the first animated film to win the newly coined Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2001, over Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius. Shrek 2 was nominated for the award and lost to The Incredibles, but it became not just the highest grossing film of 2004 but DreamWorks' most successful film thus far. Shrek the Third though, despite being more financially successful than Shrek 2, got mixed reviews from critics and was not considered for Best Animated Film of 2007. The lukewarm reception to Shrek the Third led DreamWorks to finish up the well under development Shrek Goes Fourth, which was retitled Shrek Forever After and became the de facto final movie, ending the series at four. Shrek Pleads the Fifth, the fifth movie, was canceled and turned into a prequel film about Puss in Boots.