Austin Powers audio commentary from the DVD release of "Goldmember", Myers revealed that in the fourth film, Fat Bastard would return and regain the weight that he lost in "Goldmember". In May 2007, at the "Shrek the Third" première, Mike Myers announced that a fourth "Austin Powers" film was planned, but that it would focus more on Dr. Evil rather than Austin. He also said that he'd start work on it after he started work on "The Love Guru", which became a box office bomb. In February 2008, it was announced that Jay Roach would return as director. In April 2008, it
Austin Powers Bond, "I can't even tell you how huge it was in our house ... That's really why I wanted to do Austin Powers. Austin Powers is out of pure love for James Bond". Though Myers is Canadian by birth, his parents are natives of Liverpool, England, and Myers holds dual nationality. Although the films parody the plots and characters of 1960s spy movies and the Swinging London fashion scene of the era, the humour is influenced by Myers's British heritage, particularly the "Carry On" films and the comedic works of Benny Hill and Peter Sellers, the latter of whom Myers