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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Legally Blonde' prequel series 'Elle' is in production
The "Legally Blonde" prequel series "Elle" is officially in production. Reese Witherspoon, who played Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde" and "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," announced the exciting update in a joint Instagram post with "Elle" star Lexi Minetree, Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video and Witherspoon's media company Hello Sunshine on Wednesday. The post featured an image of Minetree, who will be portraying a young Elle Woods in the new series. "Harvard was hard. High School was harder," the caption for the post reads. "Our new series, Elle, is now in production!" Reese Witherspoon reveals who will play young Elle Woods in 'Legally Blonde' prequel series In February, Witherspoon, who is an executive producer on the highly anticipated project, revealed in a video that Minetree would be taking on the iconic role of Elle Woods in the upcoming series. The video featured the moment Witherspoon told Minetree she had been cast in the leading role. "I already love her so, so much, I promise she's in good hands," Minetree wrote on Instagram at the time. "P.S. thank you for showing me how amazing I am going to look in the future, soooo looking forward to that." Reese Witherspoon shares exciting update about 'Legally Blonde' series Prime Video announced during its upfront presentation in May 2024 that it had ordered "Elle" from Hello Sunshine. According to the streamer, the series, which was created by Laura Kittrell, will follow Elle during her high school years, "as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film." 'Legally Blonde' prequel series 'Elle' is in production originally appeared on
USA Today
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Is Selma Blair game for reprising the icy Vivian in 'Legally Blonde 3?'
Is Selma Blair game for reprising the icy Vivian in 'Legally Blonde 3?' Show Caption Hide Caption Reese Witherspoon to executive produce new 'Legally Blonde' series Prime Video has announced that it has ordered a 'Legally Blonde' prequel series, titled Elle, which will follow he character through her teen years. unbranded - Entertainment Did we just feel a chill in the air? Selma Blair, originator of the role of Elle Woods' law school nemesis in 'Legally Blonde,' says she is ready to bend and snap back into the role of the initially icy Vivian Kensington. When Elle (Reese Witherspoon) enrolled at Harvard Law School ("What, like it's hard?"), desperate to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) in the 2001 feature, she was crushed to learn that he'd already moved on with Vivian (Blair), a brunette no less, in need of mascara and "some serious highlights." Blair did not appear in the film's 2003 sequel, 'Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,' when Elle ventured to D.C. to outlaw animal testing. The 52-year-old actress has been able to return to her craft, amid her battle with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), now that she's increased her stamina and is relapse-free. MS is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. Those with RRMS can experience flare-ups during which symptoms are exacerbated for a period of time. Selma Blair opens up about 'cathartic' MS discussions, service dog 'boyfriend' Scout 'Now I maybe take two naps a week, whereas before it was like four naps a day,' Blair says. And having a script decreases her vocal dystonia, which makes her speech sound strained. 'So that was a relief to learn, 'Oh, maybe I can go on a set again. I can deal with this,'' she says. Blair says the jury is still out as to whether she'll appear in 'Legally Blonde 3.' A draft of Elle's next chapter has been completed, co-writer Mindy Kaling confirmed to Variety, but Blair says she hasn't heard anything about her potential involvement. 'I'll just keep my fingers crossed that that's some joyful thing that I could have a cameo in, at least, and be a part of that for a moment,' she says. 'I'd love to see Vivian Kensington again. It was so much fun.' Blair will appear with Judd Hirsch in 'Stay Forte,' a film which dramatizes the kidnapping and deaths of three Israeli hostages. Blair last appeared in the 2021 feature, 'Far More,' also starring Adrian Grenier and Drea de Matteo.
Express Tribune
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Lexi Minetree cast as Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde' prequel on Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine have officially cast Lexi Minetree ( The Murdaugh Murders ) as the young Elle Woods in the highly anticipated Legally Blonde prequel series. As first reported by Deadline , Minetree emerged as one of the final contenders for the iconic role originally played by Witherspoon in Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003). Witherspoon personally revealed the casting announcement on social media earlier today. 'Allow me to introduce you to the new Elle Woods! After watching so many incredible auditions for the new Elle prequel series on @PrimeVideo, we finally found our Elle. And today, I got to break the news myself! Meet @leximinetree,' Witherspoon shared. The upcoming series, Elle , will follow a teenage Elle Woods as she navigates high school, shaping the vibrant, ambitious young woman fans fell in love with in the original Legally Blonde films. Laura Kittrell ( High School, Insecure ) serves as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Caroline Dries. The production team includes Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Lauren Kisilevsky, and Marc Platt. Minetree is represented by Stewart Talent, Framework, and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman. The Legally Blonde prequel is set to stream exclusively on Prime Video, with more casting announcements expected soon.
NBC News
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Reese Witherspoon says people thought she was a real lawyer while serving jury duty after 'Legally Blonde'
Reese Witherspoon was once made to step up while serving on a jury — all because of 'Legally Blonde.' In a recent appearance on ' The Graham Norton Show,' the actor recalled being mistaken for a real lawyer by her fellow jurors because of her portrayal of Elle Woods. 'Listen, I did not want to do jury duty,' Witherspoon said. 'But I remember... it was probably seven years after 'Legally Blonde,' I got called for jury duty and it was in Beverly Hills. I thought, 'Surely they're not gonna pick me.'' She was wrong. 'They picked me for a long trial, y'all. It was probably two weeks,' Witherspoon said, as 'You're Cordially Invited' costar Will Ferrell poked fun at the length of time. 'It was two solid weeks every day going in. It was a dog bite case.' She said that the trial went to deliberation, and this is when she found out that people thought she went to law school. 'We went to deliberation and so at the very end they say, 'OK, well somebody in this group has to be the foreman.' And they all unanimously are like, 'Her,'' she said. 'Me! Me?' When she asked the jurors why they picked her, she said, 'They were like, 'You went to law school.' I was like, 'Y'all this is really upsetting. I definitely did not go to law school, I didn't finish college.'' 'I played a lawyer in a movie once,' she said. 'But they fully made me the foreman. And I started realizing, people don't know much about the law.' Witherspoon portrayed sorority-turned-law-student Elle Woods in the 2001 film 'Legally Blonde.' She reprised the role in the 2003 sequel 'Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,' in which Elle heads to Washington D.C. to fight for animal rights. Talks about Witherspoon once again becoming the pink-obsessed Elle in a third film have been going on for years. 'I think Reese has been working over the years, trying to put something together, and Reese is just so smart. She's not just going to do a Part 3,' Luke Wilson, who portrayed Elle's love interest Emmett Richmond, told in October about a third installment. In May of 2024, however, Witherspoon dressed as Elle to confirm that a 'Legally Blonde' prequel series was in the works for Amazon Prime Video. 'Before she became the most famous Gemini vegetarian to graduate from Harvard Law, she was just a regular '90s high school girl. And all of you are going to get to know her, next year on @primevideo ✨ I'M SO EXCITED!' Witherspoon captioned her video. The show is expected to be released later this year.
