U2’s legendary guitarist The Edge (aka David Howell Evans) has reportedly penned a script for a sequel to the Will Ferrell-led holiday comedy classic “Elf”.
Comedian Andy Richter, who had a small role in the film, appeared on a recent episode of Obsessed: The Podcast. He spoke about “Elf” producer Shauna Robertson on the episode and shared a story that she shared with Richter:
“Somebody reached out to her and said, ‘The Edge from U2 has written a sequel to ‘Elf’ and he wants to talk to you about it’. It’s the weirdest story, but apparently it was fully written.
Somewhere in the world there is an Edge-penned ‘Elf 2’ out there… I would love for that to make the light of day. 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 revealed that “Old School” writer Scot Armstrong, who did some uncredited work on the “Elf” script, had also penned a separate “Elf 2” script about “the evil South Pole elves kidnapping Santa or something like that.”
Over two decades on though, Richter says a sequel isn’t necessary at this time:
“I’m on the side of ‘Let it stand’. Just let ‘Elf’ be ‘Elf.’ You don’t have to use every part of the animal. Now that time has passed, the movie has become so special that I think that people, rightfully so, are loath to mess with it because we all can think of movies that have been tarnished by their sequels. And this is so special and so perfect and so beloved… Why risk it?”
Jon Favreau directed the 2003 film which also starred James Caan, Zooey Deschanel and Mary Steenburgen.
