U2 guitarist The Edge reportedly wrote a script for a sequel to the 2003 holiday comedy Elf, but the project never made it to the screen, according to actor and comedian Andy Richter. Richter made the claim on the podcast Obsessed: The Podcast, where he said the sequel effort ultimately “petered out and never happened.”
Richter's account is secondhand. He said he learned about the script through Shauna Robertson, the producer of the original film, who had been told about the writing effort. The notes available for this story do not make clear whether the script still exists in circulation or whether it will ever surface publicly, and Richter's remarks did not, based on the material available, establish how far the script was developed or who else reviewed it.
Neither The Edge nor Robertson has publicly confirmed the details of Richter's account in the material available for this report. The story is therefore best understood as a reported anecdote rather than a documented development in the film's history, and the absence of any official statement from either party leaves its accuracy unresolved.
Elf, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell as a human raised among elves who travels to New York City in search of his biological father, was released in 2003 and became a widely watched holiday staple. Its enduring popularity has kept the film in seasonal rotation on television and streaming platforms for many years, and that long afterlife is the context in which fans have periodically speculated about a follow-up.
The idea of a continuation has circulated in various forms over the years, but no official sequel has been announced by the studio or the filmmakers in the material available for this report. Richter's comments offer a rare glimpse into a development that, by his telling, reached the writing stage before stalling. Without confirmation from the people directly involved, the reported script remains an unverified piece of Hollywood lore.
The account also surfaced in online discussion, where a Reddit link post shared the story without adding further details. That post did not confirm any element of Richter's remarks, so the claim has spread as a secondhand anecdote rather than as established fact. For readers, the central questions remain open: whether the script was ever finished, whether any version of it survives, and whether the people who worked on the original film would ever discuss it on the record.