Considering how heavy in rotation the third film still is when it comes to certain premium cable networks, this one is a no brainer but is one that definitely needed a couple of years to cool down. The third feature, Austin Powers in Goldmember did rather good business back in 2002 when it made just under $300 million worldwide, but the franchise was pushing its luck at that point In the last year, the director of the first three films was asked about what he’d do with a 3D comedy and he went right to Austin Powers 4 with it, saying this to Collider: “If we ever did an Austin Powers 4, I would love to do Dr. Evil’s world in 3D. It would be fantastic. I wonder if anyone would think about… I guess you couldn’t really mix and match. It’d be great to use it as a one-world as 3D and the other world is… it probably would make more sense if Austin’s world was 3D and Dr. Evil’s was more flat.”
Well, wonder no more as Mike Meyers has confirmed he’ll be back for a fourth installment though nothing has been said beyond that, including whether Roach will be back to direct it or what kind of concept it would be. With Mike Meyers not the draw he used to be (hello, Love Guru), he’s mostly been doing voice work with Shrek the last few years and the third installment of this franchise was the last big successful live action work he had.
[Source: Hitflix]
