Apr
5,
2024
Are you ready to ‘Bend and Snap?’ Reese Witherspoon is on board to help develop a Legally Blonde tv series with Amazon studios.
Reese Witherspoon and her powerhouse production company, Hello Sunshine, are behind the upcoming Legally Blonde spinoff TV series inspired by the popular film franchise that’s in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The spin-off series is being written by Gossip Girl developers/executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The duo are executive producing the project, whose premise is being kept under wraps, via their Fake Empire banner, alongside Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter via Hello Sunshine as well the Legally Blonde movie franchise producer Marc Platt. Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media; Fake Empire; and Amazon MGM Studios are producing.
We’re trying not to get too excited as the series is still in preliminary, idea stages. Anything could happen, but with the right cast and the right writing can you just imagine the potential?!
The first move in the Legally Blonde movie franchise, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith based on the novel by Amanda Brown, debuted in 2001. Starring Witherspoon as Harvard Law student Elle Woods, it became a pop culture phenomenon and propelled Witherspoon to superstardom. Sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde followed in 2003 as well as 2009 direct-to-video spinoff Legally Blondes, which originated as a pilot for a potential series. Legally Blonde 3, co-written by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor, has been in the works for several years. If you haven’t seen Legally Blonde now is the time to pop on a cult favorite!
