Could an Austin Powers/ Dr. Evil musical and TV show be on the way?

The 20th anniversary of the first Austin Powers movie is fast approaching (in 2017), and that movie’s director, Jay Roach, has been talking to Forbes about reviving the franchise. While there doesn’t seem to be any plans for anything specific to mark the anniversary, Austin Powers and his nemesis Dr. Evil may be revived is some other way.

Speaking with Forbes, filmmaker Roach said: “I am aware of [the anniversary] but I haven’t thought about it too much. I had thought that it was a long time since but didn’t realize that such a milestone was coming up so I should start thinking about it a bit harder. Now you mention it, it hits me that 20 years ago we were in the middle of shooting and editing my first feature film. It brings back a lot of loaded feelings.”

So if not for the anniversary, are there any plans for creator and writer Mike Myers and Roach to revisit the franchise in some other way?

“We are always talking about how we can keep it going,” Roach added. “We have talked about different ways for Austin Powers to come back but we’ve never really clicked on anything that just seemed like it absolutely had to be done. We wouldn’t just want to do something that just exploited the whole brand. It would be fun to come up with something to connect back but I have no idea what that would be, I really don’t. There are so many different ways you could go and it might even be a whole other direction like an Austin Powers Broadway musical or an animated feature or TV show, there were plans for that at one time so you never know. We did a trilogy before so if we did another then we’d have to be like Star Wars and launch something new. Mike Myers invented more than one incredible character like Dr. Evil, Mini Me, and that whole group so any one of them could have a spin-off or something but it would just have to be amazing. That has always been our rule, that when Mike comes up with something that he loves as much as he loves the original then we ‘ll do it. It’s really up to him, I’m just someone who was lucky to collaborate with him and bring his great characters to life. When he has the something that he thinks is good enough, I would happily join up and make it happen.”

Smashing baby. Read the full article on Forbes over here.