Shawn Levy has obviously hit the big time with Deadpool & Wolverine, Stranger Things, Free Guy, and the Star Wars movie he has coming up. But he’s been making hit movies for a long time. Remember his Cheaper by the Dozen? The Pink Panther? Just Married? All him, too. But it was Night at the Museum that showed he could be a major franchise filmmaker. He directed all three live-action movies and produced the 2022 animated sequel, and now Levy is back and leading a new reboot.
Deadline reports Levy will produce a Night at the Museum reboot, or a “reimagining” of the historical fantasy comedies. Hired to write the screenplay is Tripper Clancy, known for Stuber, Die Hart, and I Am Not Okay with This.
Ben Stiller starred in the first three Night at the Museum movies beginning in 2006, playing a night security guard at the American Museum of Natural History who discovers that the exhibits come to life in the evening after everyone has left. The first movie was followed in 2009 by Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and 2014’s Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. Levy directed the live-action movies while Matt Danner directed the animated Kahmunrah Rises Again, a Disney+ exclusive.
This new movie will feature all new characters in a fresh story, so it’s unlikely that Stiller (or other franchise favorites such as Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, or Rami Malek) will return.
