India, July 29 -- Donkey is finally getting his time in the spotlight, sans ogre. Eddie Murphy just revealed that everyone's favourite foot-in-mouth sidekick from Shrek is getting his own movie. In an interview with ScreenRant while promoting his film The Pickup, Murphy said, "We're still doing Shrek...we're about two years into Shrek 5," adding that he begins recording for the Donkey spinoff this September. The standalone film will be released three years from now.

Following in the footsteps (paws?) of the successful Puss in Boots (2011) spinoffs, this Donkey-centric film promises a whole new adventure, this time focusing on his "dragon wife" and their six adorable "Dronkey" kids. "Donkey's going to have his own movie, own little story ...