Andy Richter Claims the Edge Wrote an Elf 2 Screenplay

Andy Richter said U2’s the Edge wrote a screenplay for Elf 2, the sequel to the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell. Richter, who had a small role in the Christmas classic, made the claim in a new interview with Obsessed: The Podcast.

Richter traced the story to a phone call received by Elf producer Shauna Robertson. According to Richter, an unidentified screenwriter whom he described as unlikely contacted Robertson after the film’s release, described a completed Elf 2 script and sought a meeting with its producer.

Richter described the approach this way:

“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.”

The account identifies no date for the approach. It also does not identify the caller, who presented the Edge as the script’s author. Robertson apparently agreed to meet him, but the proposed meeting never happened. Richter recalled what happened next:

“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 said.

The missed encounter supplies no subsequent response from Robertson in the account. No meeting, script reading or sequel production followed the reported approach.

The Edge’s film record

The Edge has hundreds of credits on his IMDB page, largely through his work with U2, but the page does not list him under Screenwriter. His listed categories include Composer, Soundtrack and Actor. His acting appearances are credited as himself.

The Edge has also served as a producer on a handful of non-U2 projects. His work includes documentaries and short films. That production history does not independently substantiate the reported Elf 2 script.

The Edge has never commented on the alleged screenplay, according to the report. The missing Screenwriter credit does not disprove Richter’s claim, but it leaves the screenplay without independent confirmation in the account.

The earlier sequel effort

According to the report, fans have called for an Elf sequel for more than two decades, and Elf 2 came close to happening in 2013 before Ferrell ultimately decided not to reprise Buddy. The report gives no reason for Ferrell’s decision.

The 2013 sequel effort and the Edge’s purported screenplay form separate threads in Richter’s account. He did not say that the Edge wrote the version considered in 2013. Nor did he connect the abandoned plan to the phone call about the reported script.

What does this change for Elf 2?

Very little, for now. Richter’s account supplies a specific lost possibility, a reportedly completed screenplay and a producer willing to consider a meeting, but no production date or studio commitment. It provides no new sequel, return for Ferrell or public response from the Edge.

Richter’s account expands the story without advancing the project. His language locates the screenplay outside a known production process, while the missed meeting leaves the report without Robertson’s own post-meeting response.

The report also states that U2 would give fans its new album, Carnaval de Luz, the following week. The release was scheduled; Elf 2 remained only an unverified account. A public statement from the Edge, Robertson or U2 would be the next test of the claim.