Stiller lands 'Night' watch
New Fox art in 'Museum'
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Studio is prepping the family laffer as its major entrant for next year's holiday season.
Stiller will play a night security guard at the Museum of Natural History who unwittingly unleashes a curse that brings to life the bugs and animals on display.
Helming will be Shawn Levy, who directed Fox's "Cheaper by the Dozen." That pic turned into a $139 million hit for Fox after its Christmas 2003 release.
Role marks the first commitment for Stiller since "Meet the Fockers" opened last Christmas and went on to take in $515 million worldwide. During a busy 2004 for the thesp, Stiller also starred in Fox's "Dodgeball."
Levy has since helmed "The Pink Panther," which Sony has skedded for a Feb. 10 release.
Producing "Museum" are Levy's newly formed Fox-based shingle 21 Laps and Chris Columbus' 1492 Prods.
Script was penned by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant; Scott Frank did a rewrite.
