Reese Witherspoon Is Turning Legally Blonde Into A TV Series

If there’s one thing Reese Witherspoon is adept at, it’s giving the fans what they want. Whether that’s adaptations of Where The Crawdads Sing, Big Little Lies and Daisy Jones & The Six, or engaging original series like The Morning Show on Apple TV, Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine, is behind some of the latest and greatest TV shows and films, all with women at the fore. But, while fans of Legally Blonde have been eagerly awaiting a third instalment to the movie franchise, Witherspoon has set her sights on something a little different: a TV series.

Better still, this isn’t just a vaguely hinted at pipe dream: the early stages of production have commenced, and we have some details on what a Legally Blonde TV series will look like. Here’s everything we know so far.

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A Legally Blonde TV Series Is Coming

Undoubtedly Reese Witherspoon’s most iconic role, Legally Blonde is a cult classic, spawning witty catchphrases (‘bend and snap,’ ‘what, like it’s hard?’, and ‘I don’t need backups, I’m going to Harvard’, to name a few), a love of hot pink, and an international adoration of Jennifer Coolidge. A sequel, a Broadway musical and a spin-off film later, Legally Blonde is a bonafide franchise, and it’s going nowhere soon. A TV series is officially in the works – with Amazon MGM on board, meaning it’ll stream on Prime when it’s ready – and we’ve got all the details.

What Will The Legally Blonde TV Series Be About?

No news just yet on what will happen in the Legally Blonde TV series, but we know it will be set in the same universe as the original films, and it could be the first of many off-shoots.

As far as we know, this series is being written by two former Gossip Girl showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage under their Fake Empire production company, alongside Witherspoon under Hello Sunshine.

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Will It Be A Sequel?

It hasn’t yet been revealed whether the TV series will recreate the events of the first film, or pick up where the second film left off. However, Witherspoon has previously said she would be interested in revisiting her iconic Elle Woods character in her forties. ‘I want to discover what age means to that character,’ she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2019. ‘Ageing, contemporary ideas, how things have evolved – or not evolved.’

Will Reese Witherspoon Star?

We don’t know whether Witherspoon will return as Elle Woods but, since she is on the production team, we’re hopeful she will make a cameo.

Will Jennifer Coolidge Star?

Hot off her iconic role in the first two seasons of The White Lotus, will Jennifer Coolidge return to play Paulette Bonafonté in the Legally Blonde TV series? Sadly no news on this front – but we’re very hopeful she will make an appearance.

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What’s Happening With Legally Blonde 3?

Legally Blonde 3 (a follow up to Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde) has been in the works since 2018 when it was officially announced – but progress has been slow. Karen McCullh Lutz and Kirsten Smith were originally hired to co-write the film, but in May 2020 – when the film was supposed to be landing in cinemas – it was announced that Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor would be co-writing an entirely new script.

Two years later, Kaling commented on the slow progress: ‘[It’s] going a little more slowly than we like. Just because we really want it to be good. I think of it like Reese’s Avengers. Elle Woods is like her Captain America, and so you don’t want to be the person that messes up that story.’

When Will The Legally Blonde TV Series Be Released?

No news on a release date yet, but we’ll update this page when more information comes to light. As far as we know, filming has not started yet, so we don’t anticipate seeing Legally Blonde on the small screen until 2025 at the very earliest.