Next year will mark 20 years since the release of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and director Jay Roach has been speaking to Simon Thompson of Forbes about the anniversary of the hit spy series, and whether he and star Mike Myers have any plans to revisit the franchise.
“We are always talking about how we can keep it going,” said Roach, who directed all three of the movies. “We have talked about different ways for Austin Powers to come back but we’ve never really clicked on anything that just seemed like it absolutely had to be done. We wouldn’t just want to do something that just exploited the whole brand. It would be fun to come up with something to connect back but I have no idea what that would be, I really don’t. There are so many different ways you could go and it might even be a whole other direction like an Austin Powers Broadway musical or an animated feature or TV show, there were plans for that at one time so you never know.”
“We did a trilogy before so if we did another then we’d have to be like Star Wars and launch something new,” he continued. “Mike Myers invented more than one incredible character like Dr. Evil, Mini Me, and that whole group so any one of them could have a spin-off or something but it would just have to be amazing. That has always been our rule, that when Mike comes up with something that he loves as much as he loves the original then we ‘ll do it. It’s really up to him, I’m just someone who was lucky to collaborate with him and bring his great characters to life. When he has the something that he thinks is good enough, I would happily join up and make it happen.”
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Originally published September 26, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
