Austin Powers in Goldmember he had begun writing "Austin Powers 4", and that the plot is "really about Dr. Evil and his son." In March 2010, Jay Roach indicated to MTV that Myers is working on ideas for a fourth film. In August 2011, Mike Myers revealed he would return, and had begun writing a script for a fourth installment. In September 2013, when asked about the future of "Austin Powers", Myers answered "I'm still figuring that out." In September 2015, Verne Troyer expressed his desire to return as Mini-Me if he was asked to do so. On May 20, 2016, Roach was asked
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me only gave part of the title ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who—") before cutting off with one of a range of slightly suggestive scenes from the film, such as Austin squeezing out the contents of a massage oil bottle. The post-watershed adverts, aired later in the evening, gave the full title. There were also two variations of the posters; one of them asterisked out the middle of the offending word. Other posters had named the film as "Austin Powers 2". According to the "Collins English Dictionary", the use of the word "shag" in the film's title helped to increase the word's