<P> Writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon confirmed to Dark Horizons that they were writing a sequel to Night at the Museum, originally with the tentative title Another Night at the Museum . The writers said that "there'll be existing characters and plenty of new ones ." </P> <P> 20th Century Fox announced that the sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, would be released during Memorial Day weekend in 2009 . Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Brad Garrett and Robin Williams would return for the sequel, with Shawn Levy returning as director . </P> <P> The film was mostly filmed in Vancouver and Montreal with some scenes filmed in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. . A scene was shot at the Lincoln Memorial on the night of May 21, 2008 . Scenes were also shot at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on August 18 and 20, 2008 . </P> <P> The trailer was released with Bedtime Stories, Yes Man and Marley & Me in December 2008 . The trailer accompanied the film Bride Wars in January, The Pink Panther 2 in February, and Dragonball Evolution in April 2009 . The film was also promoted as an opening skit on American Idol, where a replica of the Idol judge seats are being held at the real Smithsonian Institution . </P>

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