“It’s true… #LegallyBlonde3,” the actress wrote alongside a video of herself channeling her LB alter ego Elle Woods from her Harvard admissions video essay. Witherspoon’s A Wrinkle in Time co-star, Mindy Kaling, is writing the LegallyBlonde3 script with Killing It co-showrunner Dan Goor. “Finally some use for my Elle Woods fan fiction!” Kaling wrote on Instagram after the news was announced. “So excited to be reunited with my friends @reesewitherspoon @laurenneu and Dan Goor to work on this movie.” The Office alum added, “Elle Woods is so iconic, proving you can be girly and smart at the same time. Bend and snap, people!” From what Kaling has said about the movie to why it’s taking so long to be released to which original stars might return, here is everything we know so far about Legally Blonde 3:
When does Legally Blonde 3 come out?
The film was originally scheduled to be released in May 2022; however, with the script still in the works (as of April 2022) it seems fans will have to wait a bit longer. “I love this project. I am so excited about it. We are working on it,” Kaling told Entertainment Tonight in April 2022. “It is going, you know, a little more slowly than we like but [it ’s] just because we really want it to be good… We are just taking our time.”
Is there a Legally Blonde 3 trailer?
Not yet, as it seems that shooting has not even begun on the project.
Will Reese Witherspoon return for Legally Blonde 3?
You can’t have a Legally Blonde movie without Elle herself! Witherspoon will be reprising her beloved character for the third film. Witherspoon told Entertainment Tonight in 2021 that Kaling is “working hard” on the script, adding, “She and I just love each other. We have a great laugh just thinking about, ‘What would Elle Woods be doing right now?’”
Who else is in the Legally Blonde3 cast?
Although there have been no other cast announcements, Kaling revealed on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in July 2021 that fans will “1,000 percent” see more of Jennifer Coolidge’s character, Paulette. Luke Wilson, who played Emmett Richmond in the first two movies, has expressed interest in returning for the next installment. In 2020, he told Entertainment Tonight, “I’d love to do another one. I mean, just that character Reese played was so funny at the time and that has kind of become this iconic character now.” Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde also starred Alanna Ubach as Serena McGuire and Jessica Cauffiel as Margot. Sally Field, Regina King, Selma Blair, Bob Newhart, Matthew Davis, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter and Victoria Garber have also appeared in the franchise.
What will happen in Legally Blonde 3?
Kaling didn’t say on WWHL whether Elle would be running for president in Legally Blonde 3, but she has since teased that Witherspoon’s character will have a “very juicy story,” along with Coolidge’s. The Mindy Project actress revealed to Entertainment Tonight in April 2022 that Paulette has “a very juicy story in this one. That’s all I can say, and by the way, Elle has a very juicy story. The two of them, seeing what they look like now after 20 years, is really fun.” Until then, we’ll be practicing our bend and snap! Next, check out 25 of Reese Witherspoon’s best movies ranked.
