Could Shrek 5 and GTA 6 Be The Next ‘Barbenheimer’ Event In 2025?

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Barbenheimer was a major cultural phenomenon that saw two vastly different movies inspire a social media and societal event that ultimately led to major box office success and plenty of entertainment for viewers.

Now, with two other major entertainment franchises looming on the horizon, it begs the question of whether we could see another event of that magnitude again, only this time involving everyone’s favorite ogre and a beloved gaming franchise.

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Ok, we know this sounds a bit out there, so let’s break down our rather absurd question and lay out our thinking.

On November 8, 2023, we saw the announcement of GTA VI, with a trailer coming in December that will reveal the next entry to the legendary franchise. However, this wasn’t the only major news reveal involving a beloved series, as according to TMZ, Shrek 5 is also in the works and expected to be released in 2025.

This year, we saw something similar in the film industry, with two major film releases coming out simultaneously, the Barbie movie and Oppenheimer, and we don’t need to tell you how vastly different the two movies are from one another. However, despite their difference, cinema-goers ended up creating a movement and social media trend that took over the internet, with memes, t-shirts, and so many more outlandish celebrations of these two films that became known as Barbenheimer. It was so big that it even played a part in the two films becoming major box-office successes.

So, we have two major cultural entertainment franchises getting big releases in the future, potentially around the same time, and that naturally has people excited, much like