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Variety has casting news for a high profile sequel

Amy Adams (pictured) is negotiating to star opposite Ben Stiller in "Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian".

Adams would play an undetermined historical figure from some exhibit who is smitten with security guard Larry Daley (Stiller).

Adams seems like a good fit for the whimsical action-adventure/comedy, given her stellar success last fall's Enchanted

Shawn Levy returns to direct, with a U.S. release date scheduled for May 22nd 2009.

Filming will begin this May in Vancouver.