According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carla Gugino is in final negotiations to star opposite Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum for 20th Century Fox.

Shawn Levy is directing the live-action/CG comedy, which centers on a goodhearted but bumbling security guard (Stiller) who works at a natural history museum where he accidentally trips an ancient curse that causes the animals and insects on display to come to life.

Museum is set to begin shooting next month in Vancouver and is slated for a holiday release this year. Levy is producing the film through his 21 Laps Entertainment along with 1492 Prods.' Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan.

Night at the Museum was released December 22nd, 2006 and stars Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams. The film is directed by Shawn Levy.