If you’re hoping to hear “Oh, behave!” once again, Mike Myers may be listening. After the new Verizon ad brought back his shagadelic super-spy to the screen briefly, Myers himself has opened up about a fourth Austin Powers movie. He appeared on Trevor Noah’s World Cup Watch Party, where a fan asked him if there would be a fourth part of the beloved film franchise.
While Myers didn’t offer an elaborate answer, he offered a confident “yes”, giving fans a lot to get excited about. Created by and starring the Canadian comedy icon, Austin Powers left a lasting cultural footprint. The movies began as a loving spoof of Sean Connery’s James Bond and the swinging ’60s before growing into a full-blown pop culture phenomenon, thanks in large part to fans discovering the films on home video.
Ranking Mike Myers’ Austin Powers Trilogy
Across three films directed by Jay Roach, Mike Myers took on more roles and delivered increasingly outrageous gags with each installment. Yet he remained disarmingly charming throughout. He never matched 007 at the global box office, but he came shockingly close. Here are all three Austin Powers movies, ranked from the weakest entry to the groovy crown jewel of the series.
3. Austin Powers In Goldmember (2002)
Mike Myers and Beyoncé in Austin Powers in Goldmember | Credits: New Line Cinema
Jay Roach closes out the trilogy by cranking everything to its loudest setting. This time, Austin heads back to the groovy ’70s and teams up with Foxxy Cleopatra, played by Beyoncé, to foil Dr. Evil and his gilded new partner, Goldmember. Mike Myers juggles four roles at once, playing Dr. Evil, Goldmember, and Fat Bastard in addition to Powers.
Michael Caine plays Austin’s estranged father, Nigel, and quietly steals every scene he appears in. The star-studded opening, packed with surprise A-list cameos, remains a riot. Still, movie lovers tend to agree that Austin Powers In Goldmember is the weakest link. The gags lean too heavily on recycled bits, and Goldmember himself grows grating fast.
2. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Elizabeth Hurley and Mike Myers in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Credits: New Line Cinema
The one that started it all deserves enormous credit for spinning an unlikely trilogy out of a single weird idea. Jay Roach introduces Austin as a wildly flirty super-spy who freezes himself in 1967, then wakes up in a 1997 that no longer falls for his free-love charm. With Elizabeth Hurley’s Vanessa Kensington at his side, he races to stop a freshly revived Dr. Evil.
Myers is both oddly appealing and a little off-putting, while his more restrained, Bond-villain-inspired take on Dr. Evil steals every scene he’s in. That therapy speech about his father inventing the question mark is still quoted today. It remains the tightest and most original entry, a loving spoof of classic Bond films that clearly adores the genre it satirizes.
1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Heather Graham and Mike Myers in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Credits: New Line Cinema
The sequel, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, is where the saga truly found its footing, and most critics and fans crown it the best of the bunch. Stripped of his “mojo” by Dr. Evil, Austin time-travels to his swinging 1969 heyday, where he is joined by American agent Felicity Shagwell, played by Heather Graham.
Myers feels gloriously unleashed here, nailing Powers, the grotesque Fat Bastard, and a wilder Dr. Evil, who finally gets his scene-stealing clone, Mini-Me. Roach packs nearly every frame with a quotable line or sight gag, flirting with bad taste yet never tipping over. The lunar laser plot is gleefully ridiculous. It refined everything the original teased and cemented Austin Powers as a genuine cultural phenomenon.
Other Recent Updates on the Fourth Austin Powers Movie
In 2020, director Jay Roach shared that a fourth movie would only happen if Mike Myers had something that truly inspired him. He shared with Deadline, “I wouldn’t say ‘never’ never, but it does depend on Mike having something that he’s inspired about and after all these years it hasn’t quite clicked yet. But I’m always game for anything he wants to do. He’s a genius and he helped me get started and it was a blast.”
Recently, in 2025, during a conversation with Collider, Roach shared that there was “a real possibility” that the movie could happen. So, what was the holdup all these years? He explained, “We got pretty far with Beyoncé and Michael Caine, and the Dr. Evil submarine on the last one. We have to top that; we can’t just come back and just do it to do it.”
The new response from Myers is far more reassuring than the last time he spoke about it. Appearing on The Jess Cagle Show, he shared, “I would love to do one. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project should it exist or not exist.” The confirmation that it will happen sooner or later has made a lot of fans happier.
RankingAustin Powers trilogyBox OfficeRT Score (As of June 17, 2026)IMDb Rating (As of June 17, 2026)1Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)$313.7 million54% | 71%6.7/102Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)$67.7 million72% | 77%7/103Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)$297 million52% | 44%6.3/10
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All three Austin Powers movies are now available for rent on Prime Video and Apple TV.
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