Shrek 4-D (also known as Shrek 3-D for the DVD release and The Ghost of Lord Farquaad for the Netflix and streaming release) is a 4D simulator ride attraction with motion-based effects and water sprayers located at various theme parks around the world. It is currently shown at Universal Studios Florida, Japan, Singapore, and previously in Hollywood, where it closed on August 13, 2017 to make way for the DreamWorks Theatre attraction while the one in Orlando closed on January 10, 2022. Outside the Universal parks, the movie was shown at Movie Park Germany in Germany from May 2008 until July 2011, and Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia from September 2005 until August 2010. A spin-off attraction titled Donkey's Photo Finish is located at the Florida venue while Meet Shrek and Donkey is located at the Hollywood venue. In Universal Studios Japan, the attraction is shown in the same theater as Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic, with the Shrek 4-D film shown for the first half of the day, and the Sesame Street film shown for the second half of the day.
The ride is a prequel to Shrek 2 and is set right after the events of Shrek.
Cast[]
- Mike Myers as Shrek
- Eddie Murphy as Donkey
- Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion. Tom McGrath explained that "Ben Stiller was the first actor we asked to perform, and we knew we wanted his character, Alex, to be a big performing lion with a vulnerable side."
- Chris Rock as Marty, a plains zebra. McGrath explained the character: "Marty is a guy who thinks there might be more to life than what's in the zoo. We wanted his character to be energetic, so we listened to Chris Rock."
- David Schwimmer as Melman, a hypochondriac reticulated giraffe who is afraid of germs. When they were looking for a voice actor for Melman, they listened to Schwimmer's voice on Friends and, according to McGrath, thought that it "sounded really neat." During development, Melman the Giraffe was originally supposed to be an okapi but was changed to a giraffe.
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a strong, confident, but sweet hippopotamus. McGrath said that they found all these traits in Pinkett Smith's voice when they listened to her.
- Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona
- John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad
- Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII, a ring-tailed lemur and the king of the lemurs. King Julien was initially only meant to be a "two-line" character until auditioning Baron Cohen improvised eight minutes of dialogue in an Indian accent.
- Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye and King Julien's royal advisor and best friend (to whom Julien never listens).
- Andy Richter as Mort, a Goodman's mouse lemur who is King Julien and Maurice's best friend.
- Tom McGrath as Skipper, the leader of the penguins. McGrath, who was also the film's co-director and co-writer, initially only lent his voice to the temporary tracks. Growing up with films starring tough actors like John Wayne, Charlton Heston, and Robert Stack, the latter of whom McGrath wanted for the voice of Skipper. Stack was approached about voicing the character, but died two weeks before production on the animation began. After that, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg decided to keep the temporary voice, with McGrath explaining: "People were used to me doing that voice. We knew it worked when we screened it." Many of the character's traits were based on Stack's work. McGrath especially emphasized The Untouchables, a 1959 television crime drama series starring Stack.
- Chris Miller as:
- Kowalski, a penguin and Skipper's right hand.
- Magic Mirror
- Jeffrey Katzenberg as Rico, a smart and silent penguin who is only expressed through grunts and squeals.
- Christopher Knights as:
- Private, an eager, lowly penguin. Knights was also an assistant editor on the film.
- Thelonious / Three Blind Mice
- Conrad Vernon as:
- Mason, a chimpanzee (Phil, the other chimpanzee, is unvoiced).
- Gingerbread Man
- Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / The Three Little Pigs