Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third and final installment of the billion-dollar museum franchise, is back in Vancouver to shoot five more days of principal photography, starting yesterday. Largely filmed on a Burnaby sound stage with some location shooting in London and New York, Night at the Museum 3 features Sir Ben Kingsley as an Egyptian Pharaoh revived by a magic tablet, Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as Sir Lancelot and Rebel Wilson as a night guard in London’s British Museum. Returning for this final adventure: Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, Ricky Gervais as his boss Dr. McPhee, Owen Wilson as Jedediah and the late Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt.
Production must be haunted by the death of Mickey Rooney who passed away during the two to three-month shoot and the shocking suicide of Robin Williams a few months after.
But reshoots must be done. And Ricky Gervais is back for them, sharing photos of Vancouver sightseeing in the rain last Friday and in the sun on Saturday.
A spot of sightseeing in Vancouver pic.twitter.com/PKNxMkju0h
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 26, 2014
Vancouver from Granville Island pic.twitter.com/ElTswxsxKK
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 26, 2014
Thank you @MuseumMovies for a delightful suite in a lovely hotel with a wonderful view of beautiful Vancouver pic.twitter.com/A8DtRfzT73
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 27, 2014
I love Vancouver pic.twitter.com/NRymgcFDMV
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 28, 2014
And this one from set.
Ricky Gervais, Dan Stevens & Rebel Wilson in the hilarious new sitcom “Knight Guards”. Coming to NBC this fall… pic.twitter.com/moqZ9gyhVW
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 29, 2014
Additional princial photography is scheduled from September 28th to October 2nd.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb will be in theatres on December 19th.