With Mike Myers reviving Dr. Evil, Austin Powers followers are nonetheless hoping for a shagadelic fourth film to sometime hit the large display screen.
Throughout an look on Trevor Noah’s World Cup Watch Social gathering that streamed stay Tuesday, a fan requested, “Are we ever going to see an Austin Powers 4?” to which Myers rapidly replied, “Yes,” however didn’t communicate additional on the subject. This adopted a Verizon industrial that was launched on-line earlier within the day and options Myers as Austin Powers villain Dr. Evil, alongside such in-character franchise stars as Rob Lowe (enjoying Quantity 2), Seth Green (Scott Evil) and Mindy Sterling (Frau Farbissina).
Myers and filmmaker Jay Roach, who helmed New Line’s 1997 comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and its two sequels, have each beforehand teased the potential for a fourth film. Nonetheless, there was no signal of any concrete progress on a brand new entry for the James Bond-spoofing sequence that final hit theaters with 2002’s Austin Powers in Goldmember.
“I hear about that all the time,” Michael York, identified for enjoying British Intelligence head Basil Exposition in all three films, tells The Hollywood Reporter about sequel chatter. “And I hope it’s true because that [franchise] really works. Nobody knew at the beginning it would, but [Myers] did — and not once, but three times.”
Clint Howard, who seems in all three movies because the radar operator alerting his group to Dr. Evil’s uniquely formed spacecraft, wouldn’t hesitate to hitch for a fourth Austin Powers. “I would step up and show up immediately,” Howard tells THR. “The first Austin Powers was just this little comedy, but I had a great time. I get asked about Austin Powers all the time at pop conventions.”
Howard notes that he had been advised by somebody aside from Myers that the disappointment surrounding the 2018 dying of Verne Troyer, often called Mini-Me, could have impacted progress on a fourth film on the time. Troyer joined the franchise as Dr. Evil’s clone in 1999’s Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me earlier than returning for Goldmember.
Verne Troyer (left) and Mike Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember.
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“I heard that when Verne passed away, Mike said he would never do another Austin Powers movie without Verne,” Howard says. “Maybe time heals that wound.” The actor provides, “Certainly, if they need a guy to say, ‘It looks like a giant …,’ I’ll be the first to sign up. What we’ve got to do is cosmically plant a bug in Mike’s ear.”
Whereas Hollywood has struggled lately to seek out theatrical comedy tentpoles — maybe underscored by Sony’s plans to revive the 21 Jump Street films — the Austin Powers trilogy represents confirmed success. The primary film collected $67 million on the field workplace, and the second movie was even larger, surpassing $310 million globally. The third title was simply shy of the $300 million mark.
In 2007, Myers advised IGN that there was a “fully conceived idea” for Austin Powers 4 that might middle on Dr. Evil’s perspective. Throughout a 2024 alternate with Entertainment Tonight, the star stated that the franchise “absolutely” has extra left to discover.
