Australian actor Callan McAuliffe has signed on for a role in Rob Reiner's Flipped for Warner Bros.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, McAuliffe will play the foil and eventual love interest to Madeline Carroll in a comedy adapted from Wendelin Van Draanen's 2001 young-adult novel.

Aidan Quinn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Mahoney, Anthony Edwards, Rebecca De Mornay and Kevin Weisman recently were cast as the grown-ups surrounding antagonistic boy and girl neighbors who eventually share a kiss when they reach their teens.

Reiner is directing, and he also co-wrote the screenplay with writer-producer Andy Scheinman.

The film will begin production in late June in Michigan.

Flipped was released August 6th, 2010 and stars Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Penelope Ann Miller, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Weisman. The film is directed by Rob Reiner.