Reese Witherspoon drops huge update on Legally Blonde spin-off series 23 years after original

Reese Witherspoon has fixed Legally Blonde fans everyplace a crushed to observe aft confirming the TV sequel is each systems go.

The beloved comedy film, released backmost successful 2001, started a immense media franchise which has spawned respective sequel and spin-off films and TV movies.

Reese, 48, past appeared arsenic Elle successful Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde successful 2003 – she’s besides served arsenic a shaper connected different properties successful the Legally Blonde franchise.

Titled Elle, fans person been eagerly awaiting updates connected the bid which successful 2018 was primitively going to beryllium developed arsenic a 3rd movie successful the series.

After that movie was reportedly changed into a miniseries, the likes of The Office US’ Mindy Kaling and Brooklyn 99’s Dan Goor were attached to write, and present a day has been acceptable for filming to begin.

‘We person a Legally Blonde TV amusement that starts filming successful March, and it’s the young Elle Woods. We’re astir to commencement the process wherever we’re trying to find [an histrion to portray] the young Elle Woods,’ Reese told ET.

She past joked: ‘She’s got to benignant of look similar me.’

Reese continued: ‘I’m truly excited to stock this relation with different people.’ It’s not known if she’ll marque a cameo quality arsenic a contiguous time Elle Woods successful the series.

When asked for an update connected the prospective 3rd film, Reese remained tight-lipped and said determination was ‘no update,’ further indicating that Legally Blonde 3 mightiness ne'er travel to cinemas.

Legally Blonde follows Elle’s travel arsenic a fashion-obsessed sorority sister who initially enrolls astatine Harvard Law School successful bid to triumph backmost her boyfriend.

However, she rapidly develops an aptitude for law, helps to lick important cases successful court, and, soon enough, forgets astir her ex-boyfriend each together.

The movie proved a large occurrence astatine the container office, grossing backmost astir 10 times its archetypal budget, and has go a immense cult favourite ever since.

In 2007, the movie was adapted into a large deed musical, which began connected Broadway earlier doing 4 US tours, a West End run, and different 2 UK tours.

The 2nd UK tour, which ran from 2017 to 2018, saw The X Factor’s Lucie Jones starring arsenic Elle Woods aft finishing eighth successful the singing contention 2009 and representing the UK astatine Eurovision successful 2017.

Legally Blonde’s TV update comes weeks aft people discovered that the Academy Award-winning histrion isn’t called Reese Witherspoon aft all.

While Reese is portion of her name, her existent sanction successful afloat is Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, with the Friends impermanent prima choosing to driblet her archetypal 2 names for her career.

The sanction Reese is really her mother’s maiden name, which she utilized alternatively of Laura oregon Laura Jeanne erstwhile she began her acting vocation successful the 90s.

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