Austin Powers international bodies but is constantly thwarted by Powers, and (to a degree) his own inexperience with life and culture in the 1990s. In "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", Austin and Dr. Evil are awakened after being cryogenically frozen for thirty years. Continuing to incorporate cultural elements of the 1960s and 1970s, "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" feature time travel as a plot device and deliberately overlook inconsistencies. A proposed fourth film, "Austin Powers 4", has reportedly been in development since 2005. Myers himself has stated in interviews that the idea for "Austin
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