I think there’s actually a really interesting opportunity here. The late 60s/early 70s bond that Austin Powers was parodying would mean that a new one would be parodying late 90s/early 2000s movies and culture. Plus Austin Powers has been portrayed as “woke”, he refuses to sleep with women who can’t consent, is sexually open, and advocated for women in power. It’d be a very fine line to do well but I could definitely see a modernized Austin Powers hitting millennial nostalgia while also staying true to the character and being entertaining
I think there’s actually a really interesting opportunity here. The late 60s/early 70s bond that Austin Powers was parodying would mean that a new one would be parodying late 90s/early 2000s movies and culture. Plus Austin Powers has been portrayed as “woke”, he refuses to sleep with women who can’t consent, is sexually open, and advocated for women in power. It’d be a very fine line to do well but I could definitely see a modernized Austin Powers hitting millennial nostalgia while also staying true to the character and being entertaining
revived… … “surely this time those capitilists pigs have finely paid for their crimes, ah comrades?”