Director Januel Mercado has provided an optimistic update for a follow-up to Puss in Boots: The Last Wish after its $1 billion box office conquest. Reviews for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish were stellar, with the movie earning plenty of praise for its voice acting, animation, and storytelling. Speaking with The Direct, Mercado offered a positive update about a potential sequel to Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. He also spoke about the possibility of other fairy tale characters in the Shrek universe getting their own movie spinoffs, with the number of characters making for endless possibilities. Pair this with the first movie's $555 million in 2011, and the sub-franchise of the larger Shrek universe has made $1.039 billion in the span of just two movies.