'Night at the Museum' Reboot On The Way
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It's time to go back to the museum. Deadline reports that production company 21 Laps is working on a reboot of the fantasy comedy "Night at the Museum." Tripper Clancy is working on the script for the reboot. Plot details are under wraps other than it being a reimagining rather than a continuation of the previous films.
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Shawn Levy and Dan Levine are producing for 21 Laps. There is no word on a director for the reboot.
Levy, who is better known these days for helming the Marvel hit "Deadpool & Wolverine," directed all three of the live-action "Night at the Museum" films. The animated feature was helmed by Matt Danner.
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The first "Night at the Museum" film debuted in 2006, based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Milan Trenc. Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a night-shift security guard at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Daley finds out on his first shift that the museum's exhibit come to life after sunset.
The first film earned $575 million at the worldwide box office, prompting the first sequel, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" in 2009. The sequel took in $413 million.
It wasn't until 2014 that the third and final (until now) of the live-action films released, "Night of the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," which earned $363 million.
The first three films featured an impressive ensemble cast that included Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Rami Malek, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, and more.
There's no word on whether or not any of the surviving members of the first four films' casts will be asked back for the reboot.
While "Secret of the Tomb" was the end of the live-action films, an animated feature, "Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again," released on Disney+ in 2022.
The hero of the fourth film is Nick Daley, Larry's son, voiced by Joshua Bassett.
While it went straight to streaming, "Kahmunrah Rises Again" proved to be the most critically hailed of all the "Night at the Museum" films.
The animated feature enjoys a 77% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the only entry in the franchise so far with a score above 48%.
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