{"id":2164912,"date":"2025-11-18T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2164912"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:35:08","slug":"mike-myers-turns-down-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-to-reprise-austin-powers-role-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mike-myers-turns-down-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-to-reprise-austin-powers-role-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Myers Turns Down \u2018Tens of Millions of Dollars\u2019 to Reprise \u2018Austin Powers\u2019 Role (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Not so groovy news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>National Enquirer<\/em> has learned that <strong>Mike Myers<\/strong> has been offered tens of millions of dollars to reprise the role of shagalicious British spy Austin Powers in a long-awaited fourth film, but he keeps on saying no!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cExecs are tearing their hair out,\u201d dishes a source. \u201cHollywood needs a new <em>Austin Powers<\/em> movie more than ever, and so do the numerous financial participants who have an interest in the franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The star, 62, isn\u2019t the only one who stands to profit from a reboot, notes the source. \u201cIt\u2019s the studios, production companies, writers and filmmakers who helped him turn this film franchise into a global sensation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Ruymen \/ UPI Photo Service\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the comedian, who\u2019s worth an estimated $200 million, simply doesn\u2019t need the money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s been almost 25 years since the last <em>Austin Powers<\/em> movie and he\u2019s already made tens of millions of dollars from the franchise,\u201d explains the source. \u201cHe still makes a fortune from Halloween costumes alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Myers is also set to rake in tens of millions over the next few years with the reboot of the <em>Shrek<\/em> franchise, a voice-acting gig that requires far less work than live-action films. A new animated film starring the original cast, including <strong>Cameron Diaz<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie Murphy<\/strong>, is already in production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe has an easy life and he wants to focus on being a great dad to his young kids,\u201d the source says of the <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> alum, who shares son <strong>Spike<\/strong>, 12, and daughters <strong>Sunday<\/strong>, 10, and <strong>Paulina<\/strong>, 8, with wife <strong>Kelly Tisdale<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/mike-myers-turns-down-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-to-reprise-austin-powers-role-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Myers Turns Down \u2018Tens of Millions of Dollars\u2019 to Reprise \u2018Austin Powers\u2019 Role (Exclusive);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Myers Turns Down \u2018Tens of Millions of Dollars\u2019 to Reprise \u2018Austin Powers\u2019 Role (Exclusive)<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>National Enquirer<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>National Enquirer<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not so groovy news. The National Enquirer has learned that Mike Myers has been offered tens of millions of dollars to reprise the role of shagalicious British spy Austin Powers in a long-awaited fourth film, but he keeps on saying no! \u201cExecs are tearing their hair out,\u201d dishes a source. \u201cHollywood needs a new Austin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2164913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[384493,313847,383159,402271,322006],"class_list":["post-2164912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-austin-powers","tag-film-franchise","tag-mike-myers","tag-millions-of-dollars","tag-national-enquirer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mike-Myers-Turns-Down-\u2018Tens-of-Millions-of-Dollars-to.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2164912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164914,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164912\/revisions\/2164914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2164913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2164912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2164912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2164912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}