I-Persineheti sele isetyenzisiwe ngogonyamelo kwaye yabhala iskripthi se-"it kwiibhutsi "zokuqala". Ifilimu ephindwe ngempumelelo edlula kwi-cunes, eqokelele i-555 yezigidi kwi-ofisi yebhokisi yehlabathi kwaye wafumana ukutyunjwa kwebhaso le-Oscar. Ukuqhubeka "kwekati kwiibhutsi" linyathelo elihlawulelwayo kakhulu ukusuka kwimbono yemali, nangona ikhathuni idlulise iminyaka esibhozo iphambili kwi-cartoon yekhathuni. Ngokweentlobo ngeentlobo, i-SICvel ebizwa ngokuba yipuss kwi-Boots 2: Ubomi abaSithoba & 40: "Ikati kwi-2: 9 Ubomi") babhengezwa emva ngo-2015, kodwa ke le projekthi yayiqhutywa. Ngenxa yokuba "Shrek", kunye "nendlela yokuqeqesha inamba yakho", i-Studios, i-Studios ifuna enye ifilimu ephumeleleyo yokufumana ulwazi okanye i-franchise, kunye neyona ndlela ilungileyo namhlanje.
Iteyiphu yokuqala ixelele malunga neminyaka yokuqala ye-CAT kwiibhutsi kunye nesidlo sakhe sangokuhlwa siceba ukweba i-goose, ephethe amaqanda egolide, ngoncedo lwe-rabical yelixesha elide kunye ne-kissos eqinileyo. Abalinganiswa abaziintloko bavakalelwa kukuba bakwenziwe nge-andeta banderas, eSalma Hayek kunye neZac Galiphaiakis. Ngelixa ihlala ingaziwa, ukuba abadlali baya kubuyela kwindima yabo, kwaye xa ukuqhubeka kwekhathuni kuya kukhutshwa kwizikrini ezinkulu.