Apr 14 2008Gisele Bundchen in 'Austin Powers 4'? Wait, What Was That About an 'Austin Powers 4'?
If there was any small solace I was able to take away from the midget/penis-joke-filled Love Guru trailer, it was that at least it meant the death of the increasingly painful Austin Powers franchise, and all the fading remnants of impressions and Halloween costumes that go with it. Or so I thought! But no! Reportedly, model Gisele Bundchen is being considered for the female lead in a new Austin Powers movie! And there's already a script! And Mike Myers will play like twenty characters with various funny levels of body hair and obesity (just educated speculation, as of now)!
But you know what really annoys me, even more than the horrifying idea of another cameo-filled Austin Powers sequel? That the Boston Globe is reporting this as "Look at this new role Tom Brady's girlfriend might have!" instead of "Holy shit! Mike Myers is sneaking another Austin Powers movie out, and he's already casting this thing that no one had heard about until now!" They just breeze past the whole horrible movie part and get back to how Bundchen speaks Portuguese. It's like announcing tomorrow's cafeteria lineup is fish sticks and green beans, and also it's Armageddon. Let's keep the focus where it belongs, Globe.
And can we discuss why Mike Myers seems so bent on "yeah, baby"-ing his way out of any comedy legacy he may have once had?
'Powers' Play [Boston Globe]
Reader Comments
1. Boll Movement - April 14, 2008 5:41 PM
I thought she was great in the Apple ad...
2. mgroves - April 14, 2008 5:42 PM
Say what you will about Austin Powers, but I'd rather have 1 Austin Powers movie than 100 "[Genre] Movie" movies.
3. Caligula - April 14, 2008 6:16 PM
^ That's like saying you'd rather have Aids than cancer.
4. Claire - April 14, 2008 6:45 PM
Settle down I Watch Stuff writer dude; you have to admit you laughed at the first or second Austin Powers. It's like Ace Ventura. Silly stuff.
5. Andrew - April 14, 2008 7:24 PM
Austin Powers 1: Brilliant.
Austin Powers 2: "Hey guys, remember that one movie we made? Where we did this joke? Wasn't that funny?"
Austin Powers 3: "We're all roughly the same character now! They just blur into each other! Weeee!"
Austin Powers 4: Maybe I can still sneak into Meet the Spartans 2...
6. dusso - April 14, 2008 8:01 PM
I really love him. however he is very playful . I still saw his profile on the celeb dat-ing site 'Searching M illionaire C O M'.he has been there for 2 years.
7. Pat - April 14, 2008 8:55 PM
Remember how funny 1.5 of the Wayne's World movies were? And how Mike Meyers seemed only to be improving with Austin Powers, which I consider one of the best parody films of all time, a few notches below Young Frankenstein, Airplane, Blazing Saddles (and a couple others)? What happened?
8. momboelitist - April 15, 2008 12:59 PM
I'd like to know when the third Pee Wee Heman movie is coming out. I think in the third movie he could play a cross between the Pee Wee character and the character he played in Blow.
In fact, Mike Myers could play Pee Wee and Paul Rubens could play Dr Evils side kick.
What am I talking about?.......I don't know.......
9. TinyDumbLove - April 15, 2008 1:31 PM
Here's a headline I'm waiting to see.
"Gisele Bundchen in Gapers vol. 17."
Oops. I meant, I'm very excited about a new Austin Powers movie.
10. Mr. Bildango - April 15, 2008 4:13 PM
I could watch 20 sequels to Austin Powers. I know they're stupid. I know they are just Mike Myers making funny faces with different plastic bits taped to him... But somehow I still love it.
11. gmcfly - April 15, 2008 8:56 PM
They should combine it with another sequel to the Nutty Professor. All the characters would be either Eddie Murphy or Mike Myers.
12. Grover - April 16, 2008 7:25 AM
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who loved the first austin powers and wept with increasing bitterness at the sequels. Because the article is absolutely right. Mike Myers used to be one of my favorite comedians and could have gone down in history as one of the greats. Now...well...it's like watching someone getting hooked on meth.
"Oh Mike, please. Not again. Don't do this to yourself."
Sigh....maybe this is why Dana Carvey just disappeared after awhile.