Hank Azaria signs on for 'Night at the Museum 2'
Washington, Feb 12 : Hank Azaria will be starring alongside Ben Stiller and Amy Adams in 20th Century Fox's "Night at the Museum 2."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the actor will be playing an all-powerful Egyptian pharaoh named Kah Mun Rah in the pic.
The new movie will tell the tale of what happens when the artefacts from the Museum of Natural History are boxed up and sent to the archives at the Smithsonian in Washington.
Along with Stiller, director Shawn Levy is also returning to the sequel. He will be helming from a story scripted by Scott Frank who gave the most recent draft after writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.
Levy's 21 Laps is producing alongside 1492 Pictures, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe.
The studio is eyeing a May start date in Vancouver with a U.S. release date set for May 22, 2009.
ANI