I had Night at the Museum sitting on my counter for about a year until I finally said “fuck it” and gave it away without ever watching it. I am sorry, anything starring Ben Stiller immediately turns me off. It is one thing to actually be funny, but it is a complete insult to the world of comedy when your only talent is dressing up in a crazy costume or falling down in an effort to get laughs. Unfortunately it looks like Will Ferrell is dangerously walking that line. Are people still laughing at the fact he is slightly overweight and wearing small clothes? Not me, I just don’t get it. Watch In Bruges, now there are some laughs folks.
Anywho, Amy Adams, the light of the world after 2007’s breakout success Enchanted is ready to toss it all away as she is in negotiations to star alongside Stiller in the much un-needed sequel Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian. Of course, if talking historical artifacts works once, why not twice? Fox is the master at pandering to the lowest common denominator and they eat it up everytime. Look for Meet the Spartans 2, in theaters 60 days following the writers strike completion.
Night at the Museum 2 cleverly 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).
Shawn Levy is back to direct the sequel with a script from Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon with a final polish by Scott Frank.
Fox is eyeing a May start date in Vancouver with a May 22, 2009 release scheduled.
Adams recently starred in the indie Sunshine Cleaning, which bowed at the Sundance Film Festival to a lackluster response.
