Mike Myers gave a single-word answer when a fan asked on Trevor Noah’s World Cup Watch Party whether there would be an Austin Powers 4: “yes.”
The reply landed this week after Myers appeared in a Verizon commercial that reunited him with Seth Green, Mindy Sterling and Rob Lowe, and it landed hard because the franchise has been dormant for more than 20 years — Goldmember was released in 2002 — yet the series has continued to matter commercially and culturally. New Line’s Austin Powers movies have collectively grossed well over half a billion dollars worldwide, and the characters remain a recognizable part of late-1990s and early-2000s comedy.
Myers did not elaborate beyond the one-word confirmation. That silence is significant: the actor has long signaled interest in returning to the material, but has also been cautious about committing to production without the right idea. In 2024 he told Entertainment Tonight there were “absolutely” more stories to tell, and in 2019 he suggested any sequel might be told “from Dr. Evil’s point of view.”
The director who shaped the trilogy, Jay Roach, has left the door open but placed the decision with Myers. Roach told Deadline in 2020, “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.”
Put together, the pieces explain both why Myers’ one-word answer matters and why it does not yet produce a production schedule. A verbal “yes” from the franchise’s creator and star is the clearest public confirmation to date that a fourth film is possible. But Roach’s caveat and Myers’ own habit of weighing ideas mean the confirmation is presently about intent rather than a green light.
Context helps sharpen the choice Myers just made. The Austin Powers films were created by Myers, directed by Roach and distributed by New Line. The first installment arrived in 1997, followed by The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and Goldmember in 2002, building a commercial and comedic footprint that later spawned parodies, imitations and spinoffs — including the recent Verizon spot that reunited core cast members.
The friction is straightforward. Myers has been explicit about what he would like to see — more stories and a Dr. Evil–centred angle — yet he has also been noncommittal about whether another sequel would actually happen. The fan’s question on Noah’s show produced the clearest public answer so far, but it did not resolve the practical questions that determine whether a film will be made: who will write it, who will finance and produce it, whether Roach or another director will return, and when cameras might roll.
What comes next is simple and immediate: no production details have been offered. There has been no announcement from Myers, from Roach or from New Line about a script, a schedule or a release plan. For the franchise to move from a confirmed intent to a real project, Myers will need to surface an idea that satisfies him and attracts the people and money required to make it.
So the answer to the obvious question in the headline is yes — Myers said “yes” to Austin Powers 4 on a public stage. The practical answer is conditional: his single-word confirmation makes a fourth film a live possibility, but without a follow-up from Myers or the studio it remains an intention rather than a production. Fans now wait for the next public step — a script, a green light or a studio announcement — that would turn Myers’ “yes” into a film people can actually plan to see.
