With director Nicholas Stoller gathering most of the main cast back for comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2, we were hoping that Carla Gallo’s name would crop up, as she got short shrift the first time around. Good news! She will show up for what is reportedly called **Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising.
The film reunites Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as Mac and Kelly Radner, who in the first movie had to deal with the loud, obnoxious frat brotherhood (led by Zac Efron’s Teddy) that moved in next door. A prank war quickly escalated, though there was something of an understanding between Mac and the finally graduated Teddy by the end. And indeed he’ll come in useful when an even worse crowd, a sorority led by Chloe Moretz, takes over the house next door in the sequel.
Gallo, who played wild Radner friend Paula, will hopefully get more screen time with hubby Jimmy (Ike Barinholtz), as they both saw the majority of their scenes hit the cutting room floor in the 2014 original. Stoller is a writer on this one alongside Rogen and Evan Goldberg, plus Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, who wrote the first pic. It starts shooting this year and should be out on May 6 next year.