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Shrek! is a fantasy comedy picture book published in 1990. Written and illustrated by American book writer and cartoonist William Steig, it is about a repugnant, green ogre who leaves home to see the world and ends up marrying an ugly princess.
William Steig (/ ˈ s t aɪ ɡ /; [2] November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto.
Shrek is loosely based on William Steig's children's book Shrek! (1990), [3] but its main characters significantly deviate from their inspirations. [4] According to animation historian Maureen Furniss, changing Shrek's love interest from an ugly princess to a beautiful one is the film's most significant deviations. [4]
Lord Maximus Farquaad is the main antagonist of the 2001 animated feature film Shrek; as well as Shrek 4-D, and the musical.He is voiced by John Lithgow.He does not appear in William Steig's original picture book of the same name.
Shrek has delighted our screens for over 20 years. The franchise consists of four films, two spin offs, along with other forms of media.
Shrek is an American media franchise of DreamWorks Animation.Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 picture book Shrek!, the series primarily focuses on Shrek, a bad-tempered but good-hearted ogre, who begrudgingly accepts a quest to rescue a princess, resulting in him finding friends and going on many subsequent adventures in a fairy tale world.
Shrek is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig.Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, it is the first installment in the Shrek film series.
Shrek is the protagonist of the book of the same name, a series of films by DreamWorks Animation, as well as a musical. The name "Shrek" is a romanization of the Yiddish word שרעק (shrek), or שרעקלעך (shreklekh), related to the German Schreck and meaning "fear" or "fright". [2]