The internet’s favorite ogre may already be headed for another Hollywood-backed installment, but fans of the fantasy parody aren’t waiting around for its release. Instead, hundreds of artists have collaborated on their own scene-by-scene retelling of the first Shrek movie. Produced by Wisconsin comedy group 3GI, each artist brings their own style into the mix, meaning there’s everything from live-action bits to CGI and pixel art thrown into the same film. The project looks absurd in the best possible way, like a viral eBaum’s World video for 2018.
Why would anyone go through the trouble? Beyond Shrek’s status as an eternal internet meme, the creators of Shrek Retold consider themselves “professional Shrekheads.” Besides selling Shrek-themed merchandise, the Milwaukee-based troupe throws a yearly Shrek-themed festival where fans gather to do things like onion-eating contests.
Shrek Retold will be released on November 29th on the 3GI website, which, perhaps predictably, looks like a Geocities page.