Richter Says The Edge Wrote an Elf Sequel Screenplay

Andy Richter said U2 guitarist The Edge wrote a complete screenplay for a proposed sequel to the 2003 film Elf, but an effort to arrange a meeting with producer Shauna Robertson came to nothing.

Richter recounted the story during an appearance on the Obsessed podcast. He said Robertson was contacted and told that The Edge had written an Elf sequel and wanted to meet with her. Robertson was willing to meet, Richter said, but the discussion never took place and the project petered out.

The screenplay’s existence and completion have not been independently confirmed in the accounts of the story. Richter said it was fully written and described it as existing somewhere, but the script itself has not been presented, and its contents are not established. The Edge has not publicly commented on the reported screenplay in the material cited.

Richter appeared briefly in the original film and coauthored a book about its production. His account is the basis for the reports of the screenplay and the failed meeting, rather than independent confirmation from The Edge or Robertson.

Richter also said screenwriter Scot Armstrong wrote a separate Elf sequel script. He described its premise as evil...