Has Elle Woods made it to the corridors of energy?
It appears like Elle Woods is coming again to place the world to rights, 15 years after we final noticed Reese Witherspoon's character in a Legally Blonde movie.
The actress is "in talks" to reprise her function, in line with The Hollywood Reporter, whereas Deadline mentioned MGM is "near a deal" with the star.
Witherspoon made her title as the irrepressible regulation scholar in the 2001 movie, and starred in the 2003 sequel.
The sequel ended with Elle setting her sights on the White House.
There are not any particulars but about the plot of Legally Blonde 3 and what might need develop into of Elle throughout the final 15 years.
But followers will be wanting to see who she's bought in her sights in the age of Donald Trump and Me Too.
Female empowerment to the fore
Witherspoon would co-produce the movie by her firm Hello Sunshine, which says it "celebrates women and puts them at the centre of the story".
It additionally says its mission is to "shine a light on where women are at right now and those that help chart a new path forward".
Deadline's movie editor Mike Fleming Jr wrote: "They are preserving the plot beneath wraps, however I am informed it should be a lot in the spirit of the first movie.
"The intention here is to make this more about female empowerment, a message that hits at a fortuitous time in the culture."
Original Legally Blonde crew 'coming again'
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Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter mentioned Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith and Karen McCullah, who tailored Amanda Brown's novel for the 2001 movie, are being lined as much as write the new script.
Producer Marc Platt is claimed to be on board, however no director has been signed up, and there is not any phrase on whether or not co-stars like Luke Wilson will return.
Fans can even be eager to know whether or not Elle's beloved Chihuahua Bruiser remains to be round (in actual life, the canine that appeared in the movies died in 2016).
The authentic movie was additionally changed into a hit stage musical, which is at present on a UK tour.
What else she's bought developing
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The authentic movie made Witherspoon a star and she or he has gone on to develop into one among the greatest and strongest names in Hollywood.
She hasn't commented on the stories and is at present filming a second sequence of Big Little Lies with Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Shailene Woodley (she posted an image of them bowling throughout a break in filming on Monday, above).
She's additionally because of star in the TV adaptation of Celeste Ng's novel Little Fires Everywhere and a sequence set round a morning TV present with Jennifer Aniston for Apple.
And she's listed as a producer on a string of different female-centred tasks, together with movies about a feminine astronaut and the lifetime of singer Peggy Lee.