Christopher Guest is set to play Ivan the Terrible in the adventure comedy Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

Guest joins other cast members:  Jon Bernthal (Al Capone), Bill Hader (Gen. George Armstrong Custer) and French actor Alain Chabat (Napoleon).

Shawn Levy returns as director with lead Ben Stiller with fellow cast from the original: Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais and Owen Wilson.

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, who penned both Museum films, will make a cameo in the sequel, playing the Wright brothers.