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Mike Myers says Austin Powers 4 is happening.
The comedian just played Dr. Evil again in a new ad.
The last Austin Powers film was 2002’s Goldmember.
Austin Powers is coming back, baby!
It’s been almost 25 years since the last installment of the shagadelic franchise, but Mike Myers just casually confirmed that a fourth film is in the works.
Myers was a guest on Tuesday’s Trevor Noah’s World Cup Watch Party, and when asked by Noah if there would be another Austin Powers, Myers simply replied, “Yes.”
And in the great timing department, Myers revived his iconic Austin Powers villain Dr. Evil this week in a new Verizon commercial, which also featured Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, and Rob Lowe reprising their roles.
Written by Myers and directed by Jay Roach, 1997’s Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery starred Myers as the titular groovy British super agent and his nemesis, Dr. Evil. For the 1999 sequel, The Spy Who Shagged Me, Myers put even more on his plate by creating his latest character: the morbidly obese Scottish henchman, Fat Bastard.
After the modest success of Man of Mystery, the second film was a monster hit, grossing more than $300 million at the global box office (compared to the original’s $67 million). Goldmember matched its predecessor’s performance in 2002, and introduced Myers’ latest creation, a gold-hungry Dutch supervillain named Goldmember.
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Myers has long teased the possibility of returning to the Powers Universe, telling Entertainment Weekly in 2019 of a fourth movie, “We are hoping to do it and we are working on making it a reality.”
Considering the recent success of legacy sequels to favorites from the late ’90s and early 2000s, an Austin Powers 4 with Goldmember star Beyoncé might make one hundred billion dollars.
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