It's not quite confirmation of a Bully 2, but this bit from Rockstar's Dan Houser in a Gamasutra interview does give us hope. While responding to a question on why Max Payne 3 is returning now, Houser brings up the Bully franchise.
"We knew that we didn't want to start doing the Bully sequel instantly at that second with those guys -- even though it is a property that, like Max, we adore and might come back to in the future. There was just no impetus to do that then," he said.
"So we said, 'You can do Max, and then we will see what we can do with Bully.' So it was really waiting for the slot to open up and the group to open up to at least start work on it."
Don't go thinking that they'll take up Bully 2 right after work on Max Payne 3 finishes. That would be nice, but it's not likely, especially when you consider how long it took for them to follow up Max Payne 2. At least we know that they're thinking about it.
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11:45 AM on 11.18.2011 | 
"With Rockstars ground breaking euphoria animations Bully 2s spit balls are all rendered in real time and have unique fluid physics for every encounter"
I know, I get it, Rockstars games always get that kind of flak. People are always blaming Grand Theft for some rape, murder or robbery.. But somehow I think this instance of reemerging an IP thats even remotely implied to be about something that's causing kids to commit suicide, an act that -to many- transcends all the violence that we do to OTHERS, is going to spin out of control into somewhere Rockstar might not be able to shrug off.
Its a touchy subject right now, and while I'd like to see it, and what Rockstar has to say about it in this brave new world of ours, I'm kind of hoping they've got enough sense to at least preface it (if they did make the game) with at least statement that denounces bullying, and sets sights on the fact that this is just a game in a made up -if somewhat based on fact- world. It'd be a very good PR move to squash the issues it'd cause before the issues even had the time to pass through peoples brains.
The same argument was made when it originally was released.
Hear, hear.
GIVE ME BULLY 2 NOW!!!
Bully was a FANTASTIC game !
Ohh, the nostalgia...!