Elf 2 will ‘by no means occur’ due to Will Ferrell regardless of being provided big paycheque | Superstar Information | Showbiz & TV

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Earlier than his passing in July 2022, James Caan, who performed Will Ferrell’s organic father within the Christmas traditional Elf, revealed why a sequel to the 2003 hit by no means occurred.

In an interview, he shared that regardless of the solid, together with Zooey Deschanel and Mary Steenburgen, being eager for a reunion, stress on set stopped the concept from turning into a actuality.

“We had been gonna do it and I believed, ‘Oh my god, I lastly acquired a franchise film, I might make some cash, let my youngsters do what the hell they wish to do’,” he joked.

Nevertheless, he revealed on 92.three Sports activities Radio: “However the director and Will did not get alongside very effectively.”

Regardless of being provided a staggering $29 million, Will refused to return for a sequel.

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He even mentioned it could be ‘pathetic’ to attempt to remake Elf.

“I simply assume it could look barely pathetic if I attempted to squeeze again within the elf tights. Buddy the middle-aged Elf,” he quipped on Watch What Occurs Reside.

Will was 35 when he first donned the well-known inexperienced costume in November 2003.

He gained many followers for his position as Buddy the Elf, a human raised by elves, within the Christmas movie directed by Jon Favreau, who additionally made a quick look as Physician Leonardo.

The movie, made on a finances of $32 million (£25.5 million), grossed a formidable $220 million (£175,000) worldwide and has remained a well-liked Christmas favourite.

On the movie’s 10th anniversary, director Favreau shared how he acquired concerned.

“They had been on the lookout for anyone to rewrite it and presumably direct it,” he informed Rolling Stone.

“And I bear in mind studying it, and it clicked – if I made the world that he was from as if he grew up as an elf in Rudolph the Purple-Nosed Reindeer, a kind of Rankin/Bass Christmas specials I grew up with, then all the pieces fell into place tonally. So for a 12 months, I rewrote the script.”

Favreau mentioned the script then went from PG to PG-13. “He was a darker character within the script I had learn initially.

“The character turned a bit extra harmless,” he mentioned. “And the world turned extra of a pastiche of the Rankin/Bass movies. The studio [New Line] learn it and agreed to make it, and that is once I was introduced on to direct.”

Though Elf by no means had a sequel, it did encourage the musical Elf: The Musical and the animated TV particular Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.

Elf is on the market to observe on Sky Go and Now Cinema.

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