While the development of a "Coffee Talk" movie remains mostly unknown, the development of a movie starring Myers' character Dieter from the "Sprockets" sketch was highly publicized. Similar to "Coffee Talk," "Sprockets" was another Myers-led talk show, this one hosted by an eccentric German artist who originated during the actor's time with Second City Toronto. The sketch was set to be the basis for a feature film surrounding the character of Dieter, titled "Dieter's Day."
"Dieter's Day" was co-written by Myers, SNL writer Jack Handey, and future "Austin Powers" co-writer Michael McCullers. After Dieter's pet monkey, Klaus, is kidnapped, the character goes on a road trip to rescue him that side-tracks into various absurd situations, with planned appearances by then-SNL star Will Ferrell, as well as David Hasselhoff playing himself. However, per Vulture, Myers abruptly abandoned the project just before production was about to start in 2000, citing dissatisfaction with his own script, which made no effort to make the character of Dieter likable to the audience.
Myer's backing out of "Dieter's Day" ended up resulting in a legal battle between Myers and Universal Studios, who sued the comedian for over $3 million for breach of contract. Though the suit was eventually settled, part of Myers' agreement with the studio was to star in another of their films as a replacement, which ended up being the 2003 critical disaster, "The Cat in the Hat."
