20th Century Studios and Shawn Levy’s (Deadpool & Wolverine) production studio, 21 Laps Entertainment, are revisiting the Night at the Museum franchise, with writer Tripper Clancy (Die Hart, Stuber) on board to pen the reboot’s script.
As announced via Deadline, the reboot is said to feature a new story set at the museum and will introduce never-before-seen characters, although specific plot details are still under wraps. No further details on the film’s cast or release window have been announced.
The original film franchise began with 2006’s Night at the Museum, which starred Ben Stiller (Zoolander) as Larry Daley, an overnight security guard at the Natural History Museum, and followed the mystery of an ancient Egyptian tablet that brought the museum’s exhibits to life at night. The film spawned two sequels, 2009’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and 2014’s Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and featured recurring stars Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) as Ahkmenrah, Owen Wilson (Cars) as Jedediah, and the late Robin Williams (Jumanji) as Theodore Roosevelt.
The original trilogy was directed by Levy, with each film being a hit at the global box office upon release, garnering a combined total of 1.35 billion worldwide. In 2022, the franchise received an animated spin-off title, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, which was directed by Matt Danner (Legend of the Three Caballeros) and produced by Levy.
The reboot will be written by Clancy, who is best known for penning each season of the 2020 comedy series Die Hart, which starred comedian Kevin Hart as himself, a Hollywood actor who wishes to become an action hero. He also wrote the 2019 buddy cop action comedy film Stuber, which followed a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) who picks up a cop named Vic Manning (Dave Bautista), who’s on the trail of the killer.
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