WithRed Dead Redemption2’s launch date growing further away,Rockstar Gamesfans have been anxious for information about the studio’s next project. One of the most prominent focuses of speculation has been a potential sequel toBully. This speculation was fanned by a wave of rumors in 2019, which included leaked “screenshots” from the game. Little has been said about a potentialBully 2release since, and now the voice actor for the originalBully’s protagonist is further quashing speculation.
A recently resurfaced episode of the Awfully Irish podcast featured an interview withGerry Rosenthal, who voiced Jimmy Hopkins. As of July 2020, Rosenthal says that he hasn’t been contacted by Rockstar regarding the possibility of doing voicework forBully 2. Rosenthal also rejects the counter that he might be under NDA. As far a Rosenthal knows, there is noBully 2in development.
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While Rosenthal’s comments do seem dissuasive, they’re not all-encompassing. There is the possibility that Rockstar is developingBully 2without involving either the Jimmy Hopkins character or Rosenthal as a voice actor. This wouldn’t even be surprising. Rockstar’s well-known for leaving its protagonists behind with each new iteration of theGrand Theft Autofranchise.Bully 2could follow that style of sequel, rather than follow the continuity ofRed Dead Redemption.
For the time being, however, it does seem like the possibility of aBullysequel is growing thin. While it’s true that there were rumors about a sequel in 2019, there have been no substantial complementary rumors in 2020. The discourse surroundingBully 2has largely been continued speculation by the Rockstar andBullyfan communities. And while the rumors may seem fruitless for now, those communities are likely to persist.
In fact, even the most reliable evidence of aBullysequel being in development, supposed leaked screenshots, has been debunked since it dropped in 2019. A Brazilian artist named Felipe Borges confirmed that they’dfaked theBully 2screenshots, which went viral within theBullyfandom. Further, other rumors regarding a completed script forBully 2at Rockstar were attributed to a canceled project started as far back as 2008. The rumors have not stood the test of time.
Rockstar Games may still make aBullysequel yet.Bullyremains an interesting concept and Rockstar has shown that it’s willing to revisit its past franchises, like withRed Dead Redemption 2. There’s just no definitive evidence that Rockstar is developing such a sequel right now. As for evidence thatGrand Theft Auto 6is in developmentatRockstar, that’s another story entirely.
