This is DreamWorks Animation's second film to release in December, since The Prince of Egypt (1998).

Shortly after, they are interrupted by Goldi and Jack and a fight ensues, during which Jack is thrown into his never-ending nanny bag by Kitty and Goldi saves Baby when he is almost thrown off the star. With only one life left, Puss is forced to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: Kitty Softpaws. Two months later, Banderas said in an interview that the script was under restructuring, and that Shrek may appear in the film. The sequel has been in the works for many, many years, with Antonio Banderas first confirming that it had begun production back in 2014, telling Collider at the time: "We started the new one four days ago.

Once again, debonair outlaw Puss in Boots – a sort of cleaned-up southern European version of Jack Sparrow – is having sword-twirling adventures, again in the company of his paramour Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek); but now PiB must confront his own mortality, having used up eight of his nine lives. Nominated for Best Animated Film by both the Academy Awards® and the BAFTA Film Awards, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH now includes over an hour of bonus content featuring an all-new exclusive animated short “The Trident”, deleted scenes, a lyric video, and a cast of characters. In January 2015, Puss in Boots 2 was removed from the release schedule following corporate restructuring and DreamWorks Animation's new policy to release two films a year.

This is the first and only film in the Shrek universe not to have a video game based on it, unlike the first five films. Various shots and alternate versions of scenes shown in the first and second trailers also went unused. After a skirmish with Goldi's group and Jack Horner's goons, Puss, Kitty and Perrito (the dog from earlier who followed him) manage to escape with the map which instructs them to go to the Dark Forest.IN THE BEGINNING– Go behind the scenes with the filmmakers of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH to discover how they brought this great tale to life.