File this one under "possible" for the moment, but Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Mike Myers is hard at work on a script for Austin Powers IV, presumably in a therapist-mandated attempt to get over the disappointment of The Love Guru.
The story will apparently focus on the father-son relationship between Dr and Scott Evil, in a homage to Myers' father, who he has always credited with forming his sense of humour. Myers said last year that the film would be "entirely from the point of view of Dr Evil", and today's news just clarifies that it's set to involve Seth Green's Scott Evil as well.
Myers is writing with Michael McCullers, who worked on the second and third Powers films as well. There's apparently no deal in place yet, but New Line are said to be eager to make the film. Which means that either they haven't seen The Love Guru, or they're really big fans of Dr Evil.
But the big questions remain: will they bring back bloody Fat Bastard or stick to the characters that are, y'know, funny? Can they resist the temptation to make it like Goldmember, and instead focus on the early, funny ones?
myers to be funny again... id happily go and see this, whether id like it or not, i probably doubt because of myers recent "comedy"
this would be good if they are more like the first 2 ... Read More
Just stop now Myers and go away. Your not funny and never were. Go and live in the home for comedians that have broken their funny bones with Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase. ... Read More
I'm a big Austin Powers fan. The character is simply brilliant with his ultra positive, fake-British attitude and the 'old' Bond-movie setting is a great parody against these modern times. But part 3 was just not as funny as the first movies and ruined it. Goldmember analysed in short:
Hit - Nigel Powers: Michael Caine was cast perfectly and above all, he was funny.
Miss - Foxxy Cleopatra: Nobody likes a screaming, 70's discodance-mode Beyoncé as a spy. Why did Mike Myers write this par... Read More
I watched Wayne's World again a couple of years ago, and it was no longer funny. Shame. Never like the Austin Powers films at all either. ... Read More
This type of film has definently had its day, exhasted by mimics and the catchphrases which people still sometimes emphasise in a sentence to this day. The Scary Movie team are the main culprits, I believe, that have exhasted the 'piss-take' genre with their annual dull films. ... Read More
L: Tech_Noir
To hell with Austin Powers, give us another Wayne's World!!!
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I'd prefer it if Mike Myers gave us retirement and a written promise that we'd never see his smug, talentless, annoying, unfunny, gurning mug again, plus the money for enough drugs and therapy to forget that he ever existed. ... Read More
