I really want to see a new Austin powers movie set in the same continuity as the previous ones staring everyone’s favorite “the next James Bond” Idris Elba. Okay so… it takes palace today, in the 2020s in a dark, gritty, and “realistic” world suspiciously similar to the world of the Craig-era Bond films. Basically, the world has lost its mojo. Dr. Evil has gone legit and is just a regular MD practicing under the name Douglas Powers. The Austin we know has gone into retirement and has become completely normal. He’s just an average, older gentleman who’s used his career earnings to start a vineyard. Austin now considers his previous “shagadelic” persona to be both outdated and even a bit embarrassing.Meanwhile, the British government has chosen a “new” Austin Powers played by Elba. The idea is that they are using a well-known name for their new agent in order to gain support for MI6 in a cynical era where people are becoming increasingly distrusting of authority. The new Austin Powers is presented as a suave yet brooding super spy a la Craig’s Bond.It turns out that Elba’s character is merely an actor with no experience thwarting dastardly plots of world domination. Thus, when Scott Evil and his army of fembots threaten to destroy the planet, the original international man of mystery must come out of retirement and save the day. Slowly but surely, he and Dr. Evil morph back into the characters we know and "love" over the course of the film.Maybe it’s a bit late for this, but I think it could be a genuinely funny way to spoof the direction the Bond films (and many other franchises) have gone in the post 9/11 world. There’s even room for social commentary with all the debate around hiring Elba as the next bond. This is obviously a half-baked idea but I’d pay to see something like this for sure. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3peW52x
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