Austin Powers 4 - news, rumors
04-04-03, 03:47 PM
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Final Austin Powers movie in the works (still scripting)
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"Mike Myers is reportedly set to make one final outing as spoof spy Austin Powers - despite promising the kitsch character would never grace the silver screen again. The Wayne's World comic is working on a script and there are plans to go into pre-production in the spring, with the shoot taking place at Shepperton and Pinewood studios in England before the end of the year. Myers will take on writing and directing duties and will star as a variety of characters, including Austin, Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard. In the fourth movie in the series, Austin will be reunited with all his leading ladies from the previous three films: Liz Hurley, Heather Graham and Beyonce Knowles. There are once again expected to be a number of cameos from Hollywood stars"
"Mike Myers is reportedly set to make one final outing as spoof spy Austin Powers - despite promising the kitsch character would never grace the silver screen again. The Wayne's World comic is working on a script and there are plans to go into pre-production in the spring, with the shoot taking place at Shepperton and Pinewood studios in England before the end of the year. Myers will take on writing and directing duties and will star as a variety of characters, including Austin, Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard. In the fourth movie in the series, Austin will be reunited with all his leading ladies from the previous three films: Liz Hurley, Heather Graham and Beyonce Knowles. There are once again expected to be a number of cameos from Hollywood stars"
04-05-03, 12:38 PM
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Re: Final Austin Powers movie in the works (still scripting)
Originally posted by Rypro PG-13
imdb.com
"Mike Myers is reportedly set to make one final outing as spoof spy Austin Powers - despite promising the kitsch character would never grace the silver screen again.
imdb.com
"Mike Myers is reportedly set to make one final outing as spoof spy Austin Powers - despite promising the kitsch character would never grace the silver screen again.
04-06-03, 12:21 AM
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Am I the only one who thought that Goldmember was tired and had run out of steam after the first ten minutes (which was brilliant and the most hilarious of the trilogy... I mean, soon to be Quadrilogy)?
I don't mean to threadcrap (I'm not, really) but I hope he doesn't make another one. In a way, two crappy follow-ups would detract from the first two, which I thought were very funny.
Of course, maybe it's not the money and he really just has some funny ideas about it.
And Jay Roach won't direct? It wouldn't be Powers without Roach. Baby.
-- Jough
I don't mean to threadcrap (I'm not, really) but I hope he doesn't make another one. In a way, two crappy follow-ups would detract from the first two, which I thought were very funny.
Of course, maybe it's not the money and he really just has some funny ideas about it.
And Jay Roach won't direct? It wouldn't be Powers without Roach. Baby.
-- Jough
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04-06-03, 01:30 AM
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Originally posted by jough
Am I the only one who thought that Goldmember was tired and had run out of steam after the first ten minutes (which was brilliant and the most hilarious of the trilogy... I mean, so to be Quadrilogy)?
I don't mean to threadcrap (I'm not, really) but I hope he doesn't make another one. In a way, two crappy follow-ups would detract from the first two, which I thought were very funny.
Of course, maybe it's not the money and he really just has some funny ideas about it.
And Jay Roach won't direct? It wouldn't be Powers without Roach. Baby.
-- Jough
Am I the only one who thought that Goldmember was tired and had run out of steam after the first ten minutes (which was brilliant and the most hilarious of the trilogy... I mean, so to be Quadrilogy)?
I don't mean to threadcrap (I'm not, really) but I hope he doesn't make another one. In a way, two crappy follow-ups would detract from the first two, which I thought were very funny.
Of course, maybe it's not the money and he really just has some funny ideas about it.
And Jay Roach won't direct? It wouldn't be Powers without Roach. Baby.
-- Jough
I actually hated the second movie and thought the third was a decent comedy that rescued the series for me after I had loved the original. Since I enjoyed Goldmember so much, I would eagerly look forward to another movie to close out the series.
04-06-03, 10:19 PM
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Just because it has the three leading ladies from the previous movies will get me in the theater.
Personally, I didn't think the first one was that funny, but loved the 2nd and 3rd (2nd by far the best).
I look forward to this one.
Personally, I didn't think the first one was that funny, but loved the 2nd and 3rd (2nd by far the best).
I look forward to this one.
04-08-03, 01:04 PM
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Originally posted by badger1997
I actually hated the second movie and thought the third was a decent comedy that rescued the series for me after I had loved the original. Since I enjoyed Goldmember so much, I would eagerly look forward to another movie to close out the series.
I actually hated the second movie and thought the third was a decent comedy that rescued the series for me after I had loved the original. Since I enjoyed Goldmember so much, I would eagerly look forward to another movie to close out the series.
But Mini-Me, Fat Bastard, the bit between MM and Scott, etc, was all done to death in the second movie, and was much funnier than in the third.
Even the subtitle gag was a rehash from Wayne's World 2.
I just thought the third movie reflected that Meyers had simply run out of new ideas for the series. So if he's writing a new one, I hope he actually has something to say, and isn't writing a new one just for the sake of writing a new one.
-- Jough
04-08-03, 01:12 PM
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jough-everything in the second film was a repeat of the jokes in the first film. The only good AP film is the first one
Anyway, when will it end? AP is turning into the bloated franchise it went out to ridicule. Why don't they make 20 of them just like James Bond?
Anyway, when will it end? AP is turning into the bloated franchise it went out to ridicule. Why don't they make 20 of them just like James Bond?
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Originally posted by Pants
jough-everything in the second film was a repeat of the jokes in the first film.
jough-everything in the second film was a repeat of the jokes in the first film.
And the whole "look, up in the sky, it's a peter/johnson/john thomas" was better in the first film as well.
Yep, all of those great jokes and things were all in the first film. Yep...
Hey, wait a minute!
No they weren't! They weren't even IN the first movie!
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04-08-03, 02:59 PM
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Well, obviously in a sequel you're going to want to bring in some things from the first - but surely not "everything" in the second was from the first movie. It's more like 25%.
Whereas I'd say that 90% of the jokes, set-ups, and bits in the third movie came from the first and second.
The fourth film will be nothing but a complete re-tread of the first three - consider it a "Reader's Digest" version of the Austin Powers series, so that you can watch just the one movie instead of three.
Actually, I'm joking, but that would be pretty funny.
-- Jough
Whereas I'd say that 90% of the jokes, set-ups, and bits in the third movie came from the first and second.
The fourth film will be nothing but a complete re-tread of the first three - consider it a "Reader's Digest" version of the Austin Powers series, so that you can watch just the one movie instead of three.
Actually, I'm joking, but that would be pretty funny.
-- Jough
04-08-03, 03:24 PM
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Well surely not EVERYTHING in the third movie was from the second movie either, right jough?
Face it. All the best jokes from the first AP were recycled (and less funny) in the second. Everything added to AP2 (mini me, fat bastard, et al) really wasn't all that funny. AP3 was obviously pathetic turd.
The only one worth watching is the first.
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Face it. All the best jokes from the first AP were recycled (and less funny) in the second. Everything added to AP2 (mini me, fat bastard, et al) really wasn't all that funny. AP3 was obviously pathetic turd.
The only one worth watching is the first.
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04-08-03, 05:18 PM
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Originally posted by Pants
Well surely not EVERYTHING in the third movie was from the second movie either, right jough?
Well surely not EVERYTHING in the third movie was from the second movie either, right jough?
Originally posted by Jough
Whereas I'd say that 90% of the jokes, set-ups, and bits in the third movie came from the first and second.
Whereas I'd say that 90% of the jokes, set-ups, and bits in the third movie came from the first and second.
Face it. All the best jokes from the first AP were recycled (and less funny) in the second. Everything added to AP2 (mini me, fat bastard, et al) really wasn't all that funny. AP3 was obviously pathetic turd.
The only one worth watching is the first.
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The third movie recycled jokes from the first AND second movies, and didn't contribute enough new material to justify its existence.
Now that there's a fourth movie on the horizon, how much material from the first three will be recycled and over-used to the point of killing the humour in it, and how much of it will be fresh and new? Isn't the concept of a spoof kinda ruined by rehashing the same jokes?
In the future, I can forsee a spoof of the Austin Powers spoofs, making fun of Meyers's films silly conventions. Now THAT could be really funny, as long as they don't try to make more than two of them.
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04-08-03, 05:36 PM
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Originally posted by jough
Yeah, I agree. Mini-Me was hilarious in the first movie. Oh, and having Rob Lowe play a young Robert Wagner. And having a rivalry between Scott and Mini-Me. And Fat Bastard - he was funnier in the first movie.
Yeah, I agree. Mini-Me was hilarious in the first movie. Oh, and having Rob Lowe play a young Robert Wagner. And having a rivalry between Scott and Mini-Me. And Fat Bastard - he was funnier in the first movie.
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Originally posted by Jules Winfield
I didn't think any of this stuff was funnier in the first movie. Especially since none of this stuff happened in the first movie.
I didn't think any of this stuff was funnier in the first movie. Especially since none of this stuff happened in the first movie.
I was just commenting on how another poster said that everything in the second movie was a re-hash of the first. Those examples are of things that were NOT in the first movie.
Way to comprehend.
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Originally posted by jough
You have to read the whole post - I said that already.
I was just commenting on how another poster said that everything in the second movie was a re-hash of the first. Those examples are of things that were NOT in the first movie.
Way to comprehend.
You have to read the whole post - I said that already.
I was just commenting on how another poster said that everything in the second movie was a re-hash of the first. Those examples are of things that were NOT in the first movie.
Way to comprehend.
