Reese Witherspoon has formally entrusted her breakout position as Elle Woods from the beloved Legally Blonde motion pictures to a brand new era. Amazon MGM Studios and Witherspoon’s Howdy Sunshine have solid rising star Lexi Minetree within the lead position of Prime Video’s Elle, a prequel sequence that can comply with the enduring character throughout her highschool years, lengthy earlier than she made her mark at Harvard Legislation Faculty. The thrilling information got here straight from Witherspoon, who took to Instagram this morning to make the announcement. She captioned the publish with:
“Permit me to introduce you to the brand new Elle Woods! After watching so many unimaginable auditions for the brand new Elle prequel sequence on @PrimeVideo, we lastly discovered our Elle. And at present, I bought to interrupt the information myself.”
Within the video, Witherspoon is talking to Minetree concerning the auditions earlier than breaking the information to her and admiring her exhausting work. Minetree, clearly thrilled, is seen crying and desirous to name her mother. Witherspoon additionally speaks with Minetree’s mom about how they even sound alike.
“We needed to make a very exhausting resolution the opposite day and we needed to let you know in individual since you’ve simply labored actually exhausting. And we simply needed to let you know that you simply don’t need to audition anymore since you bought the half. You’re Elle Woods.”
The official logline for Elle describes it as a sequence that “follows Elle Woods in highschool as we study concerning the life experiences that formed her into the enduring younger lady we got here to know and love within the first ‘Legally Blonde’ movie.” Followers will certainly get an inside take a look at the place their favourite empowered character comes from, her social life, household dynamics, private ambitions, and all that impressed her to pursue a profession in legislation.
‘Elle’ May Be Lexi Minetree’s Breakthrough Function
Lexi Minetree is a relative newcomer to the leisure trade, however she’s poised for a breakout second together with her casting as younger Elle Woods within the Legally Blonde prequel sequence. The actress solely has a handful of credit to her title to this point, together with a one-off look on Legislation & Order: SUV and a supporting position as Bailey Swann in The Murdaugh Murders, which is a Tubi unique sequence. With Elle, Minetree has a outstanding alternative to showcase her skills on a a lot bigger stage and perhaps even launch herself into mainstream fame.
In spite of everything, Legally Blonde did the identical for Reese Witherspoon. The unique film was a large hit when it was launched in 2001, grossing $142 million worldwide on an $18 million manufacturing finances. Witherspoon was simply 23 years outdated when she starred within the film, however she’d been performing because the age of 14, and it wasn’t till Legally Blonde that she got here to be acknowledged as a high feminine star in Hollywood. The film additionally acquired optimistic opinions from critics and its success led to a sequel, a spin-off, and even a Broadway musical. If the previous is any indicator, Elle may give Minetree the identical particular second.
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Elle has vital artistic forces hooked up to it. Laura Kittrell is the showrunner and government producer alongside Caroline Dries. Below their Howdy Sunshine banner, Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, and Lauren Kisilevsky will even function government producers. Whereas extra casting particulars are but to be revealed, Witherspoon’s involvement within the undertaking ensures the character will probably be handled with the utmost care and a focus.
Legally Blonde
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July 13, 2001
- Runtime
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1h 36m