After vanquishing a rogue’s gallery of dastardly villains — Dr. Evil, Mini-Me, Fat Bastard, Number 2 and Scott Evil — Austin Powers faces the gravest threat to his groovy gig — suits with no sense of humor. Austin Powers may have the mojo, but James Bond has the MPAA. Recently the Motion Picture Association of America axed the title of the third installment of the Austin Powers spy spoof series, “Goldmember,” as being too close to the 1964 Bond classic, “Goldfinger.”
This isn’t the first time MGM and Danjaq, the owners of the Bond cash cow, have (union) jacked with the snaggle-toothed spy. MGM and Danjaq tried, but failed, to deep six the title of the second Powers movie, “The Spy Who Shagged Me,” as infringing on the 1977 not-so-classic, “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Evidently the world isn’t enough for the Bond studio, which has milked $2.5 billion from the franchise.
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