LOS ANGELES – Mike Myers will take a seat behind the cameras for “Supermensch,” a documentary he will be directing on legendary talent manager Shep Gordon for A&E IndieFilms, the production arm of A&E.
Gordon is best known within the music industry for handling the careers of artists like Alice Cooper, Blondie, Luther Vandross, and Raquel Welch.
Myers met Gordon in 1991 when the latter held his feet to the fire during negotiations over use of the Alice Cooper song “Feed My Frankenstein” for “Wayne’s World.”
“I thought he was a perfect combination of Brian Epstein, Marshall McLuhan, and Mr. Magoo,” Myers said in a statement. “I’ve been trying to get Shep to agree to let me make a movie about him for 10 years. Last year he finally he said yes. I loved him like a brother before we started making this film and now, having sifted through his life and his legacy, I love him even more.”
“Supermensch” will feature testimonials from Gordon pals MichaelDouglas, Sylvester Stallone, and Willie Nelson, among others.
Back in the 1990s, Myers became one of the biggest names in comedy as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live.” In 1995, he left the show and went on to make the “Austen Powers” trilogy, and later became the voice of the eponymous ogre in Dream Works’s “Shrek” franchise.
In recent years, Myers’s film career has been dormant. His last big-screen vehicle, 2008’s “The Love Guru,” earned just under $41 million worldwide.