Wayne’s World 3 Is NOT Happening
After a brief flurry of slightly excited internet buzz that Mike Myers had written a script for Wayne’s World 3, it seems that Wayne and Garth won’t in fact be partying on for a third installment after all.
Serious doubt has now been cast on some of the original sources for the story, making it suddenly far less likely that Mike Myers will be returning to the popular Saturday Night Live character as he searches for a much needed career boost.
Instead it looks like a largely unwelcome 4th Austin Powers film is still sadly your only hope for seeing funnyman Myers actually being funny on screen anytime soon.
Disney Plan Several Star Wars Films A Year
Disney’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise was followed swiftly by news that the first of a new trilogy of space adventures would be in cinemas by summer 2015. But as the hunt intensifies for a director for Episode VII news is emerging that Disney already has even more ambitious plans in store.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has reportedly confirmed that Disney plans to eventually producer several Star Was movies every year exploring the wider Star Wars universe as fully as possible.
The studios could follow a similar approach to Marvel’s successful strategy for The Avengers by developing individual characters in their own films before ultimately bringing them together for further adventures.
Given the billions the studio spent acquiring the lucrative Star Wars franchise rights it probably shouldn’t be so surprising that Disney are clearly eager to take full advantage and develop as many projects as possible as quickly as possible.
Sam Mendes Has Idea For Bond Sequel
It’s still unconfirmed that Sam Mendes will be directing another Bond film, but according to departing screenwriting team Neal Purivs and Robert Wade, he already has an idea in place for a potential sequel.
Leaving the franchise after having co-written the past five Bond films Robert Wade dropped the following information into an official statement.
“We’re very happy to have done five Bond movies. I think we’ve gotten it to a good place. I know that John Logan and Sam Mendes have come up with a plot for another one, which takes the pressure off because these films take up a lot of time.”
Sam Mendes has been hesitant to confirm he’ll direct the next 007 adventure but given the sensational box office success of Skyfall it’s likely that Sony will be keen for him to continue to guide the franchise.
Amazing Spider-Man 2 Casting News
Sam Claflin and Eddie Redmayne have joined the ever growing list of dashing young actors linked to the part of Harry Osborn in superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Douglas Booth, Boyd Holbrook, Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich and Brady Corbet have all also been linked with the role. Directed by Marc Webb the next installment in Sony’s rebooted Spider-Man franchise will swing its way into cinemas on 18th April 2014. Andrew Garfield will return as the masked web-crawler Peter Parker, with Emma Stone as love interest Gwen Stacey.
Time will tell who beats out the competition for the role, but Sam Claflin may have a slight disadvantage as his packed schedule already has The Hunger Games and Snow White And The Huntsman sequels in it.
Mike Myers Writes Wayne’s World 3
Mike Myers has apparently finished his first draft on a long awaited Wayne’s World sequel. Twenty years after the last big screen adventures of Wayne and Garth the new film will reportedly focus on the pair struggling to adapt to a new era of music, marriage and the internet.
Wayne’s World 3 doesn’t have an official production schedule yet and it’s not even clear if the project has been given the final go ahead from the studio. Mike Myers’ next project is supposed to be Austin Powers 4, but there’s been little news of Myers next James Bond spoof since the initial announcement that the groovy spy would be returning for a 4th time.
News of a possible third Wayne’s World film may be greeted cautiously by fans given Mike Myers’ troubled recent track record. Aside from a fleeting Inglorious Basterds cameo and voicing the suspiciously Scottish ogre Shrek, Myers has done little of note in the past decade.
Dana Carvey who plays Wayne’s ever faithful and awkward sidekick Garth Algar already expressed his enthusiasm for reprising the role in January. It seems he’s just as keen as Myers to revisit the popular franchise in search of a much needed career boost.