We’re getting the backstory of a sure modern lawyer quickly, years after her beloved comedy first captured audiences’ hearts.
Legally Blonde premiered in 2001, starring Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority queen who adjustments her profession path and will get into Harvard Regulation with a view to win again her ex, who dumped her as a result of she wasn’t “severe” sufficient for him. Witherspoon starred in Legally Blonde 2, whereas Legally Blonde 3 was rumored earlier than a TV collection was introduced in 2024.
Amazon has now introduced that the Legally Blonde prequel collection Elle will premiere on Prime Video on July 1. Reese Witherspoon’s Hiya Sunshine and Amazon MGM are the manufacturing firms on the present. A primary-look poster was revealed that includes a few of Elle’s pink equipment and a chihuahua companion, whom she can be seen with. Take a look at the poster beneath:
Starring Lexi Minetree because the titular character, alongside June Diane Raphael and Tom Everett Scott as her mother and father, the prequel will observe Elle throughout her highschool years. Elle is created by Laura Kittrell with Caroline Dries serving as co-showrunner and government producer, plus Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Marc Platt, and Amanda Brown as government producers.
Moreover, Amazon has confirmed that Elle is already renewed for season 2, promising much more of this iconic character’s coming-of-age story. The teenager narrative probably fills a void at Prime Video with The Summer time I Turned Fairly having wrapped up its essential TV collection, although a film sequel to conclusively finish this story is coming.
The solid of the unique Legally Blonde film additionally consists of Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, and Victor Garber. Whereas the inciting incident is Elle chasing after a person, Legally Blonde is thought to be and adored for being an empowering narrative, depicting Elle proving she will be able to do something she units her thoughts to as she turns into a terrific and passionate lawyer.
The film was additionally tailored right into a stage musical, which premiered in San Francisco in 2007 earlier than transferring to Broadway a number of months later. The franchise additionally spawned the straight-to-DVD spinoff Legally Blondes, which did not do any higher in reception than Witherspoon’s critically panned sequel Legally Blonde 2: Purple, White & Blonde. The Elle TV collection might now be the franchise’s comeback.
Elle‘s solid additionally consists of Gabrielle Policano, Jacob Moskovitz, Chandler Kinney, and Zac Looker, enjoying new characters in Elle’s world whom audiences will meet quickly.
- Launch Date
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July 13, 2001
- Runtime
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1h 36m
- Director
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Robert Luketic