Elf is one of those timeless Christmas movies that seems ripe for a sequel, and according to comedian Andy Richter, a script for a second film exists, thanks to... U2’s guitarist The Edge?
While appearing on the Obsessed: The Podcast podcast to promote his new book, Elf Unwrapped: The Making Of A Modern Christmas Classic, Richter revealed that The Edge (real name David Howell Evans) shared his script for Elf 2 with the original film’s producer, Shauna Robertson.
“It’s the weirdest story, but apparently it was fully written,” Richter says. “Somewhere in the world there is an Edge-penned Elf 2 out there. I would love for that to make the light of day.”
The former Conan O’Brien sidekick added, “It never happened. It’s one of those things where she’s like, ‘All right, sure, I’ll meet him,’ and then it just petered out and never happened.”
Richter also told the story to Page Six Radio, elaborating that the script had been shared with Robertson shortly after the original film was released and became a hit. Richter says, “As so many things do, it just fizzled out.”