Stephen Sommers Spends the Night at the Museum

Stephen Sommers, who is stepping aside from writing/directing/producing chores on Paramount Pictures' "When Worlds Collide.", being replaced by Steven Speilberg, will work on a new Fox project.

Sommers has signed on to direct "Night at the Museum" for 20th Century Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie, which is loosely based on Milan Trenc's children's book "The Night at the Museum," will be produced by Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan through their 1492 Pictures, while Sommers and partner Bob Ducsay also are producing through their Sommers Co.

Night at the Museum tells the story of a goodhearted but bumbling security guard at the Museum of Natural History who accidentally trips an ancient curse that causes the animals and insects on display to come to life, wreaking havoc in the area.