PUSS IN BOOTS Movie Won’t Overlap With SHREK

I was going to skip this info completely but how can you say no to those big cute sad eyes?! You’ve read recently that Antonio Banderas clearly stated PUSS IN BOOTS movie will be an origin story. And then he went very emotional about his connection with the character, I thought he was gonna cry.
At the time, my guess was that the ending to PUSS IN BOOTS might lead to how he showed up in SHREK Movies but that’s not the case. Moviehole heard it straight from screenwriter David H. Steinberg who flat out says.. other than PUSS, the movie will not feature any character from SHREK franchise

“No, all new characters – except Puss”,
‘’It doesn’t overlap with Shrek at all. Partly that was done to tell an original Puss story, but partly because we didn’t know what Shrek 4 (and now Shrek 5) were going to do with the characters and we couldn’t write conflicting storylines.’’

“DreamWorks Animation only releases two pictures a year, so it had to get on the schedule”,
‘’The release date is now set for 2012’’.

SHREK 5, huh? Already? That’s the first I’ve heard of it. Maybe SHREK and SAW franchise should have a crossover party that never ends.
Jigsaw could kidnap Fiona, the clock is ticking, and he tells the big green ogre, “I want to play a game”
According to Dreamworks announcement, SHREK FOREVER AFTER opens May 21st, 2010 and PUSS IN BOOTS opens March 12th, 2012