"Oh Behave!"

Forthcoming sequel to this hilarious, continuous parody of James Bond, the third episode of Austin Powers is currently to be called "Austin Powers in Goldmember".
Very few details have yet been given but the movie was slated to start shooting in Mid November 2001 with a premiere in 2002.
The usual actors will appear (including Scott Evil who was somehow supposed to have gotten an happy life with his mother at the end of "The Spy Who Shagged Me").
2 guests have been conveyed : After Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, we may see Quincy Jones and Britney Spears.
This episode is rumoured to be the final Powers.
Myers will recreate the title character, his notorious nemesis Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard, the Scottish spy who eats anything and everything.
He'll also play a new villain, the eponymous Goldmember, who, according to director Jay Roach, has some interesting qualities.
Planned for July 26th 2002, the producers have however received a cease-and-desist letter from James Bond's makers who just can't bear this parodic name.

Update : Sunday October 27th 2002 The above legal problems must have been sorted out in some ways because I could finally watch it in Switzerland where it has come a few days ago.

As an introduction, we get what we all secretely dream about : an exploding helicopter. I guess this sound promising, especially when we see that this is supposed to be featured in a Steven Spielberg Austin Powers movie in which Tom Cruise (I just could not believe my eyes) plays Austin and Danny de Vito Mini-Me. Then comes the following : Austin congratulates the gifted filmmaker, then introduces us to Quincy Jones and also has a fight against the fembotted Britney Spears whom he says, after she explodes "Oops, I did it again". I could go through the entire story and spoil its surprises but it is not my intended purpose.

So, Austin Powers 3 is the last Austin Powers to be seen. Not because it is bad, I actually laughed a lot, especially when Goldmember has some intercultural issues with the others actors... One could wonder whether Mike Myers could have had problem with Dutch people ?
But hey, my wife who was with me didn't like it as much as the previous, it is obvious that a movie in which you see that the key actors, Powers and Evil fraternize is not meant to have a sequel. A movie in which Fat Bastard (you have to see him as a sumotori) "deflates" is a movie that tells about the end and this is the reason, even if you may laugh a lot you could be quite disappointed knowing there will never be another Austin Powers...

So, Hell : the above rumour was actually true. I hope something else will come, now.

This is a hilarious but often rather silly movie, often laughing at many other cliches besides James Bond and goldfinger.

Dr. Evil is once again going to destroy the world, this time by crashing a giant asteroid of gold into the Earth with the help of Goldmember, whose privates were turned to gold in an accident. Austin Powers has to stop him. As usual, number 2 is trying to get him to do normal profitable stuff with his huge financial resources instead of wierd schemes, and fails.

You have your usual pinch of time travel here. Also this movie attempts again to be some sort of metaphor for intergenerational conflict on a more serious level, with very mixed results. Dr. Evil switches his favor temporarily from Minime to his older son. Austin Powers must work with his father who never seemed interested in his minor triumphs such as graduaing first in his class and being knighted by the Queen of England. Meanwhile, the movie in a movie effect is almost postmodern, while having much fun with special effects.

Without divulging much of the actual plot, this gives you the flavor of the movie. This node makes about as much sense as the actual movie, but the movie is much funnier. I'm not sure you would want young children to see near this much almost explicit sexual innuendo.