Mike Myers is known for his run on the series Saturday Night Live, and his successful franchises that include Wayne’s World, Shrek, and Austin Powers. Each one is a standalone phenomenon, but are also pretty far in the review mirror. Myers has been working the last few years on just a couple of projects including appearing in Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as the series he developed for Netflix that premiers this week titled The Pentaverate.
But could an additional Austin Powers movie be on the horizon? Myers hopes so, but he can’t give us a straight answer one way or the other. In a recent interview with SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show (via CB) to promote his new Netflix series, Myers was asked about Austin Powers 4, and he said:
“I would love to do one. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project, should it exist or not exist? You know, we’re, you know…”
At that point, co-hosts Cagle and Julia Cunningham both broke in to suggest it sounded like Myers was confirming that something was in the works.
“It was a non-confirmed, confirmation confirmation,” Myers joked.
The idea of a fourth Austin Powers film is one that has been floating around for some time, starting all the way back in 2005, about three years after Austin Powers in Goldmember. The actor’s IMDb even states that it’s in development. Myers has offered various updates about a fourth film, with most of them being very positive. A May 2018 update saw Myers hint that a fourth film would feature some sort of tribute to Mini Me actor Verne Troyer who died in April of that year.
Goldmember director Jay Roach said of the possible sequel in 2020:
“I wouldn’t say never never…I’m always game for whatever [Mike Myers] wants to do. It does depend on Mike having something that he’s inspired about, and so far, after all these years, it hasn’t quite clicked yet.”
I have a feeling this will probably fall into place. There’s no reason for it not to. It would be ridiculous, but totally fun to see this cast back together for another Austin Powers. Would you like to see Austin Powers 4 on the big screen?