Austin Powers writer and Baby Mama director Michael McCullers is writing the Shrek 5 story.

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While speaking with The Hollywood News , Trolls directors Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell talked about the new adventure for the big, green ogre, confirming McCullers involvement with the sequel."They’ve got a pretty good story," Mitchell said. "It’s being written by Michael McCullers, who wrote all of the Austin Powers films. He came up with a really great idea that they’re exploring."(Note: McCullers didn't write the first Austin Powers film — Shrek and Austin Powers star Mike Myers is credited with the original film's script.)“There’s more story to tell there, and we’re ready to help tell it for sure," Dohrn said.Dohrn and Mitchell aren't directly involved with Shrek 5 yet, but Dohrn said the duo would "love" to be part of the fifth Shrek film. Shrek 5 is set to release in 2019 , nine years after the last film in the series, Shrek Forever After, debuted in theaters. Trolls, meanwhile, will be released on November 4.

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