Elle Woods’ high school years will be highlighted in the Legally Blonde prequel series on Amazon Prime.
With Elle, a prequel series to the beloved movie Legally Blonde, Prime Video is bringing a little pink to its repertoire.
Reese Witherspoon will executive produce the show, which is being produced by Hello Sunshine.
Elle Woods’ high school life is to be explored in the series, which hasn’t yet cast its main character.
Elle wants to get inside the life-changing experiences and events that molded the lively blonde who would go on to become Harvard Law School’s biggest star.
Led by Laura Kittrell, who has worked on Insecure and High School, this is the first Legally Blonde spin-off series to get the official Prime Video approval. Witherspoon talked about how excited she is about the project and how viewers will get to see Elle Woods’ early years.
“Fans will get to know how Elle navigated her world as a teenager with her distinct personality and ingenuity,” Witherspoon said, adding that the show aims to resurrect the appeal of Legally Blonde.
One of Hollywood’s most adored characters, Elle Woods has enduring appeal, according to Vernon Sanders of Amazon MGM Studios.
Given the combined creative talents of Reese Witherspoon, Hello Sunshine, and Laura Kittrell, Sanders expressed confidence that the prequel will appeal to viewers worldwide.
When Legally Blonde first debuted in 2001, the story of a sorority girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to law school only to discover her true potential won over hearts.
Success led to a 2003 sequel and a 2009 less well-known follow-up.
Furthermore, Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor are supposedly writing the screenplay for Legally Blonde 3, which is currently in development.