Mike Myers Says, Yes, There Will Be An 'Austin Powers 4'
11h 17m ago by piefed.social/u/TheImpressiveX in movies@piefed.social from deadline.com
Myers has long said he'd be interested in another sequel, but been noncommittal if it would actually happen. He has said he'd like it to focus heavily on Dr. Evil.
I'm not watching an ad or a Twitter post to get a read on this but does anyone actually want this? I watched the first one many times because I was 12 and then grew out of it by the sequel. A lot of this late 90s/early 00s comedy seems cringe at best and problematic at worst and now needs to compete with infinite sophomoric YouTube videos.
Not to mention, the Bond franchise got way serious in response to Austin Powers, and the 60s spy he was parodying doesn't seem nearly as culturally relevant to the kids this would need to appeal to to be successful.
... Or is this pure cash grab?
I like the movies and would watch this one
Yes cant wait!
All three were fun comedies. An updated take will be fun too!
We have capitalism. Everything is a cash grab. At least this is a fun one. Fun.
Tbh I'm glad I saw yours and the other replies saying how much you like these movies. They're some of my childhood favorites, and we even saw the third one in theaters when it came out because my brother and I loved them.
I still love them.
I think there's actually a really interesting opportunity here. The late 60s/early 70s bond that Austin Powers was parodying would mean that a new one would be parodying late 90s/early 2000s movies and culture. Plus Austin Powers has been portrayed as "woke", he refuses to sleep with women who can't consent, is sexually open, and advocated for women in power. It'd be a very fine line to do well but I could definitely see a modernized Austin Powers hitting millennial nostalgia while also staying true to the character and being entertaining
Does there have to be?
Now that he has Shrek 5 money he can afford another box office flop.
Did he say: "There'll be an Austin Powers 4. Oh yes, there will be an Austin Powers 4?"
I had always wondered if we'd get one, the end of Goldmember pretty strongly implies there would be another with Scotty as the bad guy. Maybe it'll be a riff on Thunderball.
Wonder if plans on playing and aging spy who getting to old for the game or something.
There are 3? I would've sworn there were two, and I really only remember the first one.
It has a lot of physical comedy gags most of which you've forgotten that fill upthe time.
FEMBOTS!
Shagdalic baby
Would it be a money grab? Probably.
Were the other movies good? Not really.
Do I actively love them? Yes.
Would I watch this? 100%.
I miss this kind of movie with really stupid humor that knows it's really stupid. They don't seem to make many of them anymore... probably because they think they won't sell.
Autism Powers 4
No
Put Austin in the role of Basil and have the next agent thawing out from the 90s/00s.
Please don't do fat bastard again.
He lost a lot of weight at the end of Goldmember but Mike Meyers said in the commentary that Fat Bastard would be back.