Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum
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Four Historical Figures Added to MUSEUM 2
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Four historical figures have been added to the story for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, says The Hollywood Reporter. Actors Christopher Guest, Jon Bernthal Bill Hader and French actor Alain Chabat. You can check out which characters they play in the plot concept below. The four will join leading stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Amy Adams, Ed Helms, Ricky Gervais and Owen Wilson.
The screenwriters of the two "Museum" films---Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon---will also be making appearance in the sequel as the famed Wright brothers. Director Shawn Levy is back behind the camera for 20th Century Fox with production currently underway in Vancouver.
Plot Concept: The film kicks off when the artifacts from the Museum of Natural History are boxed up and sent to the archives at the Smithsonian in Washington. Adams will play an undetermined historical figure who has a crush on security guard Larry (Stiller). Azaria will play an all-powerful Egyptian pharaoh named Kah Mun Rah. Christopher Guest plays Ivan the Terrible. Jon Bernthal is Al Capone, Bill Hader plays Gen. George Armstrong Custer and French actor Alain Chabat stars as Napoleon.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will hit theaters May 22, 2009.
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