Mike Myers chants Mariska Hargitay as a mantra

Mike Myers is working up a deal with Paramount Pictures to co-write, produce, and star in a yet-to-be-titled comedy based on a character he recently tested in a series of stage shows. The character is called Pitka, and he’s a “new-age guru character [Myers] road-tested in New York-area theaters,” according to Variety. Part of the Pitka shtick, or the Pitka shticka if you will, reportedly involves Myers wearing a fake nose and beard, chanting a fake mantra (“Mariska Hargitay”), and wearing ass-less chaps. [NP]