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The fourth and final instalment of Shrek, Shrek Forever After, will open this year's Tribeca Film Festival when it gets underway on April 21, 2010. In addition to screening one month ahead of its domestic opening, Shrek Forever After will be screened in 3-D at Tribeca.

Not only has Paramount dropped the poster for Shrek Forever After on us today but there's also a teaser trailer to watch. Show us the green!

The first two images from Shrek Forever After has been published by USA Today. One shows us what Rumpelstiltskin looks like (seen on the left), the other is of Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy.) The paper's article also reveals that the fourth Shrek is planned to be the last in the franchise and the film's plot: the wishmaker Rumpelstiltskin grants Shrek his wish to give him back the fierce quality he had before life as a husband, father and best friend to a talking donkey. Rumpel does that but it turns the land of Far, Far Away upside-down, resulting in an alternate timeline where Puss-in-Boots is an overweight domesticated kitty and Donkey is a beast of burden.

Also mentioned is the news that Kathy Griffin and Kristen Schaal will provide the voices of a pair of witches that are also ogre hunters. As well, Mad Men's Jon Hamm is "the best-looking ogre that you've ever seen," says director Mike Mitchell.

This promotional poster for the fourth Shrek film was spotted by a scooper for Ain't It Cool News at the International Licensing Show. As you can see, the title of the movie has changed from Shrek Goes Fourth to Shrek Forever After.

Alex Litel's Lackluster Emporium seems to have discovered the world's first look into the logline for the fourth Shrek movie. The investigative blogger came across a copyright registration for what appears to be the movie's storyline. Here's what Litel found as it appears on the government site:

"After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws' kingdom, what's an ogre to do? Well, if you're Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What's happened to this ogre's roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a 'real ogre,' Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumplestiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Now, it's up to Shrek to undo all he's done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one True Love."

We've verified the copyright claim and it is attributed to DreamWorks Animation.