May 22 2008Jay Roach Warns of More Austin Powers, Focker Sequels
Mike Myers and Ben Stiller may have been temporarily distracted promoting the shit out of their respective zany new comedies on American Idol last night, but Jay Roach wants to remind us all that we aren't out of the woods as far as Austin Powers/Meet the Focker sequels are concerned. The director spoke to MTV and warned that everyone involved is thinking about ways to make comedy as a whole just a little broader with another sequel to either/both series, effectively jangling the keys to his nuclear armaments, adding, "We’re just trying to find the right story that makes it worth doing again." So if you're around Jay Roach at a dinner party or something, don't mention any new time periods where it would be funny to say "Groovy, baby!"; don't speak of ways pratfalls led to disaster with your in-laws; no midget jokes. Otherwise, you will be held responsible when Mike Myers puts in those hilarious prosthetic teeth.
Sequels To 'Austin Powers,' Meet the Parents' Inching Along [MTV]
Reader Comments
1. wonderloss - May 22, 2008 12:21 PM
Austin Powers Meets the Fockers?
2. Julian - May 22, 2008 1:07 PM
Fock Austin Powers. I chock this one up to the Spielberg/Lucas/Stallone school of movie making. Made a good movie years ago? I smell an Investment. wait for a moment to use reminiscent nostalgia: "oh my god I totally remember seeing Austin Powers like over 10 years ago" and then milk the shit out of it until your left with a dry lifeless husk of cinema e.g. Indiana Jones IV, the new Star Wars trilogy, Rocky Balboa, the new Rambo.
3. mgroves - May 22, 2008 1:09 PM
Dammit, wonderloss, I was just going to say that.
4. Skatelip - May 22, 2008 2:13 PM
I think everyone was going to say that.
I'd appreciate it if they combined stories so I would only have one movie to ignore.
5. emily - May 22, 2008 3:12 PM
FUCK NO
6. pdrunk - May 22, 2008 9:20 PM
Why not just add Eddie Murphy and make it really suck?