Actor Andy Richter revealed on the podcast "Obsessed: The Podcast" that U2’s The Edge, also known as David Howell Evans, reportedly penned a script for a sequel to the 2003 holiday film "Elf." Richter stated that fans will likely never get to see or read the work.
Richter explained that Shauna Robertson, who produced the original film, once received a message stating that the band member had written a script for "Elf 2." Richter quoted the message as saying, "The Edge from U2 has written a sequel to ‘Elf,’ and he wants to talk to you about it."
While Richter noted that the script was apparently fully written, he said the project "petered out and never happened" after Robertson agreed to meet with him. Richter remarked, "Somewhere in the world there is an Edge-penned ‘Elf 2’ out there… I would love for that to make the light of day."
Richter also mentioned that Scot Armstrong, who helped write the original "Elf" but was not credited for guild and procedural reasons, penned a separate sequel script. That version involved "the evil South Pole elves kidnapping Santa or something like that."
Despite these scripts existing, Richter argued that a sequel is unnecessary. He stated he is on the side of "Let it stand," suggesting that the original movie has become so "special and so perfect and so beloved" that people are "loath to mess with it" because of movies "tarnished by their sequels."
The original "Elf," directed by Jon Favreau, premiered in 2003. It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the elf and James Caan as Walter Hobbs. Richter had a brief appearance in the film as one of Hobbs' colleagues and recently released the book "Elf Unwrapped: Behind the Scenes of a Modern Christmas Classic."
