The first one had some good laughs. Hopefully we'll get a few this time around.
There likely won't ever be a sequel of The Interview. But Seth Rogen fans can rejoice now that there's a Neighbors 2 in the works.
Universal is moving forward with a follow-up to its hugely successful comedy from last summer that will reunite all of the major principals including stars Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne as well as director Nicholas Stoller. Neighbors, which cost just $18 million to make, earned $268 million worldwide. The studio will give the sequel a wide release May 13, 2016 -- a date the studio was holding for a different R-rated comedy that it had yet to name.
Penned by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien, the first Neighbors revolved around a couple (Rogen, Byrne) with a new baby who are forced to live next to a fraternity house and do whatever they can to take it down. Cohen and O'Brien are back for the sequel, which will have a female twist. This time a sorority moves in next door to the couple, who enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
Universal is prepping the sequel for a summer shoot.
Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver — who together produced The Interview — are producing Neighbors 2 through their Point Grey Pictures. Good Universe, which has collaborated on several films with Point Grey including Neighbors and This Is the End, is producing as well. Cohen and O’Brien will serve as executive producers alongside Good Universe’s Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake.
Neighbors 2 marks Rogen's first deal since the media frenzy surrounding The Interview (Sony initially withdrew the film from theaters following threats of violence made by the hacker group Guardians of Peace but then changed course and released it in smaller venues and simultaneously on video on demand).
He is currently shooting the role of Steve Wozniak in Universal's Steve Jobs biopic. He is repped by UTA, Principal Entertainment and attorney Fred Toczek.
Great addition if she joins. She was great in Laggies.
Chloe Moretz is in negotiations to join Zac Efron and Seth Rogen in Universal’s sequel to their 2014 smash hit “Neighbors.”
Besides Efron and Rogen, Rose Byrne is on board to return with director Nicholas Stoller also coming back. The original was a surprise hit with $269 million in worldwide grosses.
The original pic revolved around a couple whose lives are turned upside after declaring war on the fraternity that moved in next door. The sequel’s plot is unknown, as well as the character Moretz will be playing.
Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver will produce under their Point Grey Pictures banner. Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien will serve as executive producers alongside Good Universe’s Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake.
Writers include Cohen, O’Brien, Rogen, Stoller and Goldberg.
Moretz has made a career out of doing darker, edgier roles such as Hit Girl in the “Kick Ass” franchise and “The Equalizer.” Her performance in “Neighbors 2″ will mark her first comedy for the rising star, who continues to show balance at a young age.
She was last seen in “Laggies” opposite Keira Knightley and can be seen next in “Dark Places” with Charlize Theron and Sony’s “The Fifth Wave.” She is repped by WME and T Squared Entertainment.
