Solely so many film franchises have been efficiently spun off into equally profitable TV exhibits, however Amazon MGM is taking a look at that problem and saying, “What, prefer it’s onerous?”
The studio is in improvement on a “Legally Blonde” spinoff TV collection impressed by the superbly pink comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, who can also be producing the collection by way of her firm Whats up Sunshine, a person with information of the undertaking instructed IndieWire.
No plot particulars have been unveiled, however the present is envisioned as an enlargement of the “Legally Blonde” universe and characters, with Deadline reporting there could also be extra to come back.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon an replace about whether or not a “Legally Blonde 3″ movie remains to be within the works, which upon its final replace was being written by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor. That undertaking has been in improvement for years, with Witherspoon even evaluating it to “High Gun: Maverick” with regards to ready till they honestly get the characters and story proper. Witherspoon has additionally insisted that Jennifer Coolidge would completely must star in a sequel.
The collection is being written and government produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage by way of their Pretend Empire banner, each of whom are identified for his or her work on “Gossip Woman.” Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are additionally government producing by way of Whats up Sunshine, as is Marc Platt. The collection is produced by Whats up Sunshine, Pretend Empire, and Amazon MGM Studios.
“Legally Blonde” from 2001 starred Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a sorority woman who decides to use to Harvard Regulation College after she’s dumped by her longtime boyfriend, all in an try to show her intelligence and win him again. However she proves particularly gifted at regulation and even works her means right into a high-profile homicide trial. The movie is a millennial staple and upon its first launch grossed $141.7 million. It additionally produced a sequel, “Legally Blonde 2: Purple, White, and Blonde.”
The “Legally Blonde” franchise is simply one of many properties that Amazon earmarked as one thing it wished to develop upon when it acquired MGM, together with different properties like “Robocop” and “Barbershop.”