The animated franchise kicked off in 2001 with the animated movie of the same name, adapted from the 1990 picture book of the same ... The timeline of Shrek Forever After becomes much clearer ...

Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After, which came out in 2010 ... which is based on William Steig’s 1990s children’s book of the same title — also inspired a stage production ...