Overview
- Andy Richter told Obsessed: The Podcast that producer Shauna Robertson was contacted by someone claiming The Edge had written a finished script for an 'Elf' sequel and had agreed to meet him.
- Richter said the effort "petered out" and that the existence of the Edge-written draft is based on Robertson’s reported outreach rather than confirmation from The Edge, Robertson, or any studio.
- Writer Scot Armstrong independently wrote a separate sequel draft described by Richter as involving "evil South Pole elves" kidnapping Santa, and neither Armstrong’s nor the Edge’s scripts moved into production.
- Richter, who co-wrote a behind-the-scenes book on the film, argued that a sequel is unnecessary and warned that follow-ups can tarnish a beloved movie’s reputation.
- Industry context: unsolicited or celebrity-penned scripts often circulate in Hollywood without formal studio backing, and no production or public release of any 'Elf' sequel is underway.