[2][3] It stars Lillo as a Santa's elf who teams up with a bullied kid (Federico Ielapi) in order to save Christmas from a ruthless businessman (Claudio Santamaria).

Trip is a Christmas elf who has been laid off from his job as Santa's helper at the North Pole because all the toys he builds end up having lethal malfunctions.

The story for Elf Me was originally conceived by comic book author Giovanni Gualdoni [it], who narrated it to film director Gabriele Mainetti during the promotion of his They Call Me Jeeg (2015).

[3] The two reworked the story to make it less edgy and more family friendly, until Amazon Prime Video stepped in and greenlighted the project.

[2] Ortolani was called in to punch up the script because all the other writers were fans of Rat-Man, and mainly contributed to the North Pole toy factory scenes.