U2’s The Edge Wrote an ‘Elf’ Sequel, But It ‘Petered Out and Never Happened,’ Says Andy Richter

According to Andy Richter, U2’s the Edge penned a script for a sequel to “Elf” — but fans will likely never get to see (or read) it.

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On a recent episode of “Obsessed: The Podcast,” the actor explained that Shauna Robertson, who’d produced the original film, once received a message saying that the band member, also known as David Howell Evans, had written a script for “Elf 2”

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“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,’” Richter said. “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.”

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In addition to the Edge, “Old School” and “The Hangover Part II” writer Scot Armstrong penned a separate sequel script about “the evil South Pole elves kidnapping Santa or something like that,” said Richter. (He also noted that Armstrong had helped write “Elf,” but wasn’t…

Original source: https://variety.com/

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