Night at the Museum (Sony franchise)

Night at the Museum is a mixed live action and traditionally animated American media franchise of fantasy-comedy films based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Milan Trenc, are directed by Raja Gosnell and written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Starring Andy Samberg as a museum night security guard named Larry Daley, the first three films also star an ensemble cast featuring Selena Gomez, Steve Carell, T. J. Miller, Seth Rogen, Nick Jonas, Rob Delaney, Patrick Gallagher, Mizuo Peck, Bill Cobbs, Danny Trejo, and Bobby Cannavale, while the video game and fourth film feature a recast ensemble of voice actors.
==Films==
===Night at the Museum (2011)===
When Larry Daley (Andy Samberg), a divorced father who was having trouble finding a job, applies for a job at the American Museum of Natural History, he is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be a wild ride when he finds that an ancient spell has caused the exhibits of the museum to come to life.
===Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2015)===
Four years after the first film, several of the exhibits are transferred to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and Dexter the monkey steals the tablet of Ahkmenrah. Larry must break in and team up with his old friends, and new ally Amelia Earhart (Selena Gomez), to get it back from Ahkmenrah's resurrected evil older brother Kahmunrah before morning.
===Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2019)===
Four years after the second film, Larry discovers that the tablet of Ahkmenrah's magic is failing. He, his wife Julie, and his now-teenage son Nick, along with Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Jedediah, Octavius, Dexter, Attila the Hun, and a new caveman figure named Laaa (who looks like Larry) travel to the British Museum in London to undo the curse, with the help of Ahkmenrah's parents and the narcissistic Sir Lancelot of Camelot, before the tablet's magic disappears forever.
=== Night at the Museum: Kahmurah Rises Again (2022) ===
In Febraury 2020, Sony Pictures Animation announced that a fully animated sequel of Night at the Museum was in development. In September 2020, Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, a former crew member of SpongeBob SquarePants and Adventure Time, respectively, were confirmed to be the film's directors, while Raja Gosnell serve as an executive producer alongside Selena Gomez, who plays Linda in the series. Production took place remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2021, the movie was officially titled Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again. The plot centers around LInda, who is hesitant to follow in his father's footsteps as nightwatchman. In addition to Linda and the titular villain, the movie also features returning characters: Jedediah, Octavius, Teddy Roosevelt and Sacagawea with the addition of Joan of Arc.
==Main Cast and Characters ==
Characters 	Films 	Films 	Films 	Films
Characters 	Night at the Museum 	Night at the Museum: 	Night at the Museum: 	Night at the Museum:
Characters 	 	 	 	
Recurring characters 	Recurring characters 	Recurring characters 	Recurring characters 	Recurring characters
Lawrence "Larry" Daley 	Andy Samberg 	Andy Samberg 	Andy Samberg 	
Linda Daley-Harris 	Selena Gomez 	Selena Gomez 	Selena Gomez 	Selena Gomez
Theodore Roosevelt 	Steve CarellCarell also portrays a bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt's head from the Smithsonian Museum in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2015).	Steve CarellCarell also portrays a bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt's head from the Smithsonian Museum in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2015).	Steve CarellCarell also portrays a bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt's head from the Smithsonian Museum in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2015).	Thomas Lennon
Nicholas "Nick" Daley 	Ed Oxenbould 	Ed Oxenbould 	Dylan Minnette 	Dylan Minnette
Jedediah 	T. J. Miller 	T. J. Miller 	Justin Ripple 	Steve Zahn
Octavius 	Seth Rogen 	Seth Rogen 	Seth Rogen 	Jack Whitehall
Dr. McPhee 	Rob Delaney 	Rob Delaney 	Rob Delaney 	Jamie Demetriou
Attila 	Patrick Gallagher 	Patrick Gallagher 	Patrick Gallagher 	Alexander Salamat
Sacagawea 	Mizuo Peck 	Mizuo Peck 	Mizuo Peck 	Kieran Sequoia
Dexter 	Crystal the Monkey 	Crystal the Monkey 	Crystal the Monkey 	Dee Bradley Baker
Easter Island Head 	Brad Garrett 	Brad Garrett 	Brad Garrett 	Kelemete Misipeka
Ahkmenrah 	Nick Jonas 	Nick Jonas 	Nick Jonas 	
Cecil "C. J." Fredericks	Bobby Cannavale 	 	Bobby Cannavale 	
Gus 	Danny Trejo 	 	Danny Trejo 	
Reginald 	Bill Cobbs 	 	Bill Cobbs 	
Kahmunrah 	 	Luke Evans 	 	Joseph Kamal
Amelia Earhart / Tess 	 	Selena Gomez 	 	
Ivan the Terrible 	 	Christopher Guest 	colspan="2" 	
Napoleon Bonaparte 	 	Alain Chabat 	colspan="2" 	
Al Capone 	 	Jon Bernthal 	colspan="2" 	
George Armstrong Custer 	 	Bill Hader 	colspan="2" 	
The Thinker 	 	Steve Buscemi 	colspan="2" 	
Abraham Lincoln Statue 	 	Mel Brooks 	colspan="2" 	
==Future==
John Requa hinted that another film could be developed and expressed interest in doing another live-action film with Andy Samberg. He added that the animated film "opens up a lot of new possibilities".
==Notes==