Dana Carvey is down to make another Wayne’s World flick, but are you down to see it?

While out and about in New York City yesterday, Dana was asked whether or not he would join forces with longtime friend Mike Myers once again and bring Wayne and Garth back to the big screen for the third time.

“You’re gonna have to ask Mike [Myers] … he’s pretty busy, but yeah … I’d do it if they want.”

Carvey joked, “If they want, we can play ‘em in their 50s … ‘Wayne! My prostate’s enlarged!’”

Don’t rule the idea out just yet; Myers and Carvery reunited for a Wayne’s World sketch on Saturday Night Live last year.

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Austin Powers first hit the screen back in 1997 – and now – reports are surfacing that Mike Myers has signed on to star in a fourth movie! The film will be the first in the series since 2002′s ‘Goldmember’, which costarred Beyonce.

It will be Myers’ first trip back to the starring live-action big screen since his 2008 bomb, “The Love Guru”; he had a small part in “Inglorious Basterds.” He’s largely focused on voice work in his big money “Shrek” series. Something about Myers and accents derived from the British isles means major success, it seems.

Myers also recently revived another one of his star characters in Wayne Campbell — albeit briefly — with Dana Carvey as Garth in a “Wayne’s World” cold opener of “Saturday Night Live” this February.

Both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline offer updates on the potential film; Deadline writesthat a fourth film has long been offered, and Myers is just now showing interest, while THR says that he is very close to signing on.

I love this idea … if the movie doesn’t suck. I hated ‘Goldmember’ it was painful to watch. This could explain why it took almost a decade to make another one.

Here’s to hoping it doesn’t suck!

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Pictured: Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Antonio Banderas, Craig Robinson, Eddie Murphy and Melanie Brown.

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Quentin Tarantino turned John Travolta’s entire career around with a memorable role in “Pulp Fiction,” and now he’s lending a similar hand to Mike Myers. According to Variety, the comedian who packed them in with the “Austin Powers” series and is the voice of the world famous green ogre “Shrek,” is set to join the cast of the director’s WWII thriller, “Inglorious Bastards.”

No, this isn’t some bizarre revamp of Myers character Fat Bastard from the “Powers” films. Instead, Tarantino’s long-awaited drama will find Myers playing British General Ed Fenech, a military genius who helps devise a plan to take out a number of Nazi leaders. He’ll join an already intriguing cast that includes Brad Pitt, Eli Roth (the “Hostel” director), B.J. Novak (the latest breakout star of “The Office”) and another Tarantino comeback candidate, Nastassja Kinski (“Cat People”).

While it’s unclear how dramatic “Bastards” will be in tone, this isn’t the first time Myers has stepped out of his over-the-top comedy comfort zone. In fact, he was one of the few actors to receive strong reviews in the 1998 drama “54.” And that’s a big compliment considering what a mess that misfire was.

Still, this role couldn’t come at a better time. After the disappointing returns for this summer’s “The Love Guru,” the industry was questioning whether Myers could succeed at anything but the International Man of Mystery. And rumor had it that the failure of “Guru” had Myers working on putting “Austin Powers 4” on the fast track. It’s still anyone’s guess if and when that will occur, but, happily, “Bastards” will keep him busy once production begins Oct. 15 in Germany.

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Mike Myers is working on a new Austin Powers movie as a tribute to his late father.

The comedian was devastated when his dad Eric passed away in 1991 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

And he is now using the script for the fourth installment of the spy comedy to pay homage to his beloved father – by basing the story on their relationship.

A source tells Deadline Hollywood Daily, “It’s very personal with a father and son theme loosely based on his own life.”

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Mike Myers’ movie The Love Guru is a tribute to his late father – because the actor conceived the film’s plot during a “spiritual quest” following his dad’s death.

Myers’ father Eric died in 1991 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

The comedian admits he was so devastated by the loss he embarked on a journey of self-discovery to help him cope.

And it was during this time in his life that he was inspired to create the character of The Guru.

Myers explains, “I was devastated by his death. When my father died, I went on a little spiritual quest, just to try and make sense of it all. And, in many ways, The Love Guru is honoring him by dealing with his loss, because making silly movies is how I deal with things.”

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Mike Myer‘s Love Guru – which hits theaters today – is getting slammed by critics.

“What is the opposite of a belly laugh?” New York Times reviewer A.O. Scott wrote. “[It] is downright antifunny, an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again.”

Scott said “unfunny” and “obnoxious” do “not quite capture the strenuous unpleasantness” of Myer’s portrayal of the main character Guru Pitka.

“To say that the movie is not funny is merely to affirm the obvious,” Scott added.

The New York Post‘s critic quipped, “If this movie were a president, it would be Tedious Roosevelt.”

Variety called the film “relentlessly juvenile” and the Associated Press reviewer blamed Myers: “From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in.”

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