{"id":352727,"date":"2026-06-18T10:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352727"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:08:51","slug":"mike-myers-sparks-austin-powers-4-buzz-with-one-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/mike-myers-sparks-austin-powers-4-buzz-with-one-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Myers Sparks &#8216;Austin Powers 4&#8217; Buzz With One Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mike Myers<\/strong> is setting the record straight about the opportunity of \u201cAustin Powers 4,\u201d a sequel fans have been hoping for for the reason that release of the third movie, \u201cAustin Powers in Goldmember,\u201d in 2002. Greater than twenty years later, Myers offered a one-word response that has ignited excitement amongst fans, though he stopped wanting sharing every other details in regards to the franchise\u2019s future. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><\/figure>\n<p>It has been almost 30 years since Mike Myers first graced the silver screen as groovy British undercover agent Austin Powers, and fans of the franchise have been waiting for a fourth film after the third installment got here out in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Myers was a guest on \u201cTrevor Noah\u2019s World Cup Watch Party,\u201d and the host read some questions from fans, certainly one of them being, \u201cAre we ever going to see an Austin Powers 4?\u201d Noah barely finished the query when Myers swiftly answered, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, that was a fast yes,\u201d Noah noted. Despite confirming that \u201cAustin Powers 4\u201d is occurring, Myers didn\u2019t expose every other details in regards to the project. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-some-cast-members-reunited-for-a-verizon-ad\">Some Forged Members Reunited For A Verizon Ad<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Menace Mobile | Dr Evil Returns! | Verizon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzmntndEXWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On June 16, Verizon released a brand new commercial featuring among the most beloved characters from \u201cAustin Powers,\u201d including Myers as Dr. Evil, Seth Green as his son Scott Evil, Rob Lowe as Young Number 2, and Mindy Sterling as Frau Farbissina. Jay Roach, who helmed all three \u201cAustin Powers\u201d movies, also directed the industrial.<\/p>\n<p>The ad has Dr. Evil sharing his latest idea, Menace Mobile, a communications company. \u201cWe\u2019ll have probably the most confusing pricing and plans of all time,\u201d the villain says.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/creativity\/verizon-recruits-dr-evil-to-mock-complicated-phone-plans\/\">Adweek<\/a>, Verizon\u2019s SVP of creative and brand design, Ricardo Aspiazu, said, \u201cDr. Evil is a everlasting fixture in modern culture: the memes, catchphrases, and GIFs still flood social media across all generations. The alternatives weren\u2019t about tracking many years, they were about tracking relevance.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mike-myers-talked-about-the-possibility-a-fourth-movie-in-the-past\">Mike Myers Talked About The Possibility A Fourth Movie In The Past<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MEGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2024, Myers was asked in regards to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/mike-myers-weighs-in-on-possibility-of-an-austin-powers-4-224297\">possibility of a fourth movie<\/a>, but he refused to reply directly, only saying he could \u201cneither confirm nor deny\u201d the project. He did, nevertheless, say that there have been \u201cabsolutely\u201d more stories to inform within the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2007\/05\/16\/interview-mike-myers-and-antonio-banderas\">IGN<\/a> in 2012, Myers said he already had a \u201cfully conceived idea\u201d for what the fourth movie may very well be about, teasing that it will be from Dr. Evil\u2019s perspective fairly than Austin Powers\u2019. \u201cSo should you balanced how much of it was Austin with Dr. Evil, it\u2019s more about Dr. Evil than Austin,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The actor shared the identical sentiment in 2019. Myers said, \u201cIt\u2019s more likely to be from Dr. Evil\u2019s perspective. But again, I can neither confirm nor deny such existence. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cast-member-speaks-about-movie-s-delay\">Forged Member Speaks About Movie\u2019s Delay<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><\/figure>\n<p>Clint Howard, who played Radar Operator Johnson Ritter in all three \u201cAustin Powers\u201d movies, told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/austin-powers-4-franchise-mike-myers-dr-evil-verizon-1236624536\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> that he would absolutely conform to appear in one other movie if asked. The actor also shared the possible reason for the fourth movie\u2019s delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard that when Verne passed away, Mike said he would never do one other \u2018Austin Powers\u2019 movie without Verne. Perhaps time heals that wound,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>Verne Troyer, who played Dr. Evil clone Mini-Me within the second and third installments, <a href=\"https:\/\/me.lacounty.gov\/2018\/press-releases\/verne-troyer-docx\/\">died in 2018<\/a>. His explanation for death was alcohol intoxication, and the way of death was determined to be a suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Director Jay Roach spoke to <em>The Independent<\/em> in 2019 and said that Troyer\u2019s Mini-Me was a personality he and Myers desired to explore further within the fourth film. \u201cIf Mike cracks it and figures it out, we might definitely do some sort of tribute to him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mike-myers-created-austin-powers-as-a-tribute-to-his-father\">Mike Myers Created Austin Powers As A Tribute To His Father<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2017, Myers shared the inspiration behind creating \u201cAustin Powers.\u201d The actor told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/austin-powers-definitive-oral-history-mike-myers-jay-roach-more-reveal-secrets-997139\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> that his father was influential in his love for comedy and introduced him to James Bond, The Beatles, Dudley Moore, and Peter Sellers. His father passed away in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Myers wrote a draft of the script in 1995 and showed it to Roach, who helped develop it. \u201cJay and I might sit around and think, \u2018What if Austin Powers were based on an obscure British comic book that we were turning right into a movie?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Powers franchise has grossed greater than $676 million across three movies: \u201cAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery\u201d (1997), \u201cAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me\u201d (1999), and \u201cAustin Powers in Goldmember\u201d (2002).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Myers is setting the record straight about the opportunity of \u201cAustin Powers 4,\u201d a sequel fans have been hoping for for the reason that release of the third movie, \u201cAustin Powers in Goldmember,\u201d in 2002. Greater than twenty years later, Myers offered a one-word response that has ignited excitement amongst fans, though he stopped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[8366,8776,2561,12940,6357,3022,821],"class_list":["post-352727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-austin","tag-buzz","tag-mike","tag-myers","tag-powers","tag-sparks","tag-word"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352730,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352727\/revisions\/352730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}