A new TV series may be coming soon for fans of “Legally Blonde” at Prime Video very soon.
According to Deadline, a new show may be coming to the platform soon. There are no details about the plot as of late, but it will be produced by Reese Witherspoon alongside Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.
Witherspoon starred in two of the “Legally Blonde” films and will executive produce under her Hello Sunshine banner alongside Lauren Neustadter. Hello Sunshine is part of Candle Media. Schwartz and Savage executive produce via Fake Empire. Marc Platt, a producer on the films, will also executive produce. Amazon MGM Studios will produce.
As noted previously, Amazon is looking to develop a new set of projects based on IP they gained control of following the acquisition of MGM in 2022.
“Legally Blonde” was one of those projects, along with others like “Barbershop” and “Robocop.”
The first “Legally Blonde” was released in theaters in 2001. Witherspoon starred as Elle Woods, a fashion-focused sorority girl who decides to attend Harvard Law School in an attempt to win back her boyfriend. In the process, she discovers a natural aptitude for the law.
The film went on to gross over $140 million worldwide.
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The sequel “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde” was released in 2003. A direct-to-video third film came out in 2009, though Witherspoon did not star but did serve as a producer. A stage musical based on the first film debuted on Broadway in 2007, receiving multiple Tony and Drama Desk nominations.
Schwartz and Savage are best known for developing the hit high school drama “Gossip Girl,” which aired on The CW for six seasons. Schwartz also created the Fox drama series “The OC,” on which Savage was an executive producer.
The two also recently executive produced the recent “Gossip Girl” reboot at Max. They even created shows like “City on Fire” for Apple TV+ and “Nancy Drew” for the CW.
They are repped by WME. Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine are repped by CAA and LBI Entertainment.
Deadline first reported the development news.
