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Exclusive: Asia Pacific Films (Apf) announced that it will produce and finance romantic comedy The Last Resort (working title), with 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah attached to the project.

Set to begin production in the Philippines in early 2025, the film is executive produced by a group led by Apf chairman and Filipino billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan, and produced by Ernesto “Bong” Sta. Maria Jr. and Rj Collins. Simon Heo and Akshay Mehta serve as co-producers.

The Last Resort follows a hotel executive who is sent to scout a new resort location in the Philippines. She becomes captivated by the breathtaking scenery and the warmth of its people — and also meets Ben, a charming expatriate charter pilot.

The production company said that casting and search for the film’s director is currently underway, which...

Space Cadet is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Liz W. Garcia. The Prime Video film follows the story of Tiffany “Rex” Simpson, a Florida party girl who has always dreamed of going to space and gets admitted into the NASA space program because of a fluke with much more capable candidates. She must prove herself to the NASA bosses using her heart, street smarts, and moxie. Space Cadet stars Emma Roberts in the lead role, with Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu, Sebastián Yatra, Kuhoo Verma, Desi Lydic, Gabrielle Union, Andrew Call, Sam Robards, and Dave Foley starring in supporting roles. If you like the comedic, romantic, and heartfelt moments of Space Cadet, here are some similar films you could watch next.

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Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic from a screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.

Exclusive: Legally Blonde has become the first big MGM title to spawn a TV series for Prime Video. The Amazon streamer has ordered Elle, a Legally Blonde prequel series. It hails from the film franchise’s star Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine banner, part of Candle Media. The project is being unveiled at Prime Video’s inaugural upfront presentation today where the streamer also is announcing another TV series based on a MGM property, Tomb Raider.

Created by Laura Kittrell, who will serve as showrunner, Elle follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film. The series is set years before the events in the first movie, which kicked off as Elle Woods (Witherspoon) graduated from college and headed to Harvard Law to pursue a legal career.

Dylan Mulvaney is dreaming big, and one of the characters she would like to play is Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.

In a recent interview, the singer and actress said that her dream theater role was to play Glinda in Wicked, but her “dream dream” was to portray the Harvard Law School student that Reese Witherspoon famously played in the 2001 film.

“My dream though is to do a trans Legally Blonde,” Mulvaney said in an interview with IMDb during SXSW. “I wanna play Elle Woods and have maybe a trans Emmett and a trans Paulette. And I think what’s so cool about plugging trans people into existing stories is it inherently changes what the topic is, but in a way that you don’t actually have to do much to the script because it becomes something different — but actually, I think it makes it even more powerful.”

Legally Blonde...

Glen Powell is only 35 years old, but he’s been around the movie business since he was 10, with his first credit coming as a 14-year-old in “Spy Kids 3D: Game Over” as Long-Fingered Boy. That means, even though he’s only been a part of Hollywood’s A-List for the past few years, he has a much longer filmography to his name — and he’s confident in naming his favorite film experience to date. No, it’s not playing Long-Fingered Boy.

“I’m just trying to make movies that I’d want to see, and I think ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ will be my favorite movie I’ve ever made in my whole life,” the actor told Vogue in a new interview. “There’s not going to be a more charmed, lovely experience. When that movie ended, I sobbed as I was shaving off my thin mustache.”

The ’80s-set comedy...

Veteran film and television lit agent Lee Stuart Cohen (aka “The Hammer” and “The Moose”) died peacefully at his home the morning of October 8 after a long illness. He was 78 years old.

Cohen began his career in the legendary William Morris Agency mailroom in the early 1970s. He went on to became a motion picture and television agent known for discovering new talent and for his loyal, joyful, passionate, and unwavering advocacy for his clients. After decades at Wma where he did stints running TV lit and motion picture lit, Cohen ended his career at Paradigm.

Over the years, Cohen represented such top writing talent as the team of Tom Gammill and Max Pross, known for their work on Seinfeld and The Simpsons, and Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, who penned such features comedy hits as Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s The Man.

In addition...

Exclusive: Legally Blonde and The House Bunny screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith are set to write the romantic comedy I Do… Not for Amazon Studios and Di Bonaventura Pictures.

The feature is centered around a woman who gets the chance to stop her own wedding.

Mark Vahradian and Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce via Di Bonaventura Pictures.

The project reteams Vahradian, McCullah, and Smith who first worked together on the 1999 teen classic 10 Things I Hate About You.

McCullah and Smith recently completed a rewrite on K: Pop: Lost In America starring Rebel Wilson and a draft of Legally Blonde 3. The duo also penned the comedy She’s the Man, Ella Enchanted and The Ugly Truth. MGM is eager to reignite the Legally Blonde franchise, the first two movies raking in over 266M worldwide at the global box office.

Smith is represented by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and attorney Karl Austen.

The acting bug seems to be biting Reese Witherspoon’s kids too, as her son Deacon Phillippe just made his acting debut as a guest star of Never Have I Ever season three, which is out on August 12. He is not putting all his eggs in one basket, though, as he also is a budding music producer who released a single “Long Run” in 2020.

For this acting role, It turns out his mother’s working relationship on previous projects with Mindy Kaling got him the in to appear for a couple of episodes of the hit coming-of-age dramedy series on Netflix. Phillppe was considered for and eventually cast in the role of Parker, a friend of one of protagonist Devi’s potential crushes Des.

Never Have I Ever’s co-creator Lang Fisher told Entertainment Weekly that Phillippe’s name came up after Parker was written. But when he finally got on,...

If there was a Mount Rushmore of teen movie figureheads, it should include the Waters Brothers, the writing duo of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, John Hughes (self explanatory), and Amy Heckerling.

Coming-of-age films are nothing new, but the "teen film" as we know it today is a relatively recent phenomenon, with 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" serving as the turning point for teen cinema. Before "Fast Times," films centered on teen stories weren't presented with authenticity to...

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Any Cosmo girl would have known about the “Legally Blonde” alternate endings. But now star Selma Blair is finally weighing in on the scrapped LGBTQ original conclusion that showed Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) finding her happily ever after…with a surprising enemies-to-lovers twist.

During a 2021 oral history in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, actress Jessica Cauffiel who played Elle’s best friend Margot told The New York Times that Elle and Vivian (Blair) ended up together, with romantic connotations.

“The first ending was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands,” Cauffiel explained. “The insinuation was either they were best friends or they had gotten together romantically.”

However, audiences didn’t like the ending, so a few more were filmed.

“The second or third ending was a musical number on the courtroom steps, and as Elle came out, the judge, jury and everybody...

Exclusive: Another star-studded package looks to have hit the market right before the holiday weekend. Sources tell Deadline that Rebel Wilson and Charles Melton are attached to star in K-Pop: Lost in America for producers Lynda Obst and Cj Entertainment’s Miky Lee. South Korean filmmaker Jk Youn is directing and was written by Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, with a current draft by Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith.

The package just hit the market and already is drawing interest from suitors.

The story follows a breaking K-pop group that finds themselves mistakenly stranded in Waco, Texas, just days before their American debut at Madison Square Garden. Left with no phones, no money and no transportation, the group must overcome their differences and a host of crazy obstacles to make it to New York City. Along the way, they learn to love Texas, and Texas learns to love them back.

Filming...

It's been 20 years since the release of Legally Blonde, and we're still learning how the pretty much perfect cast came together. In a July 8 oral history of the film by The New York Times, casting director Joseph Middleton and screenwriter Karen McCullah discussed the different actors that were almost cast in the now-iconic roles; including WandaVision's Paul Bettany. "I loved Paul Bettany for the Luke [Wilson] role, but he was British, and they felt like it needed to be a real American," Middleton said of the Marvel star.

Even though Bettany was considered for the role, it seems that Luke Wilson was always destined to be Emmett. "We always called [the love interest Emmett] 'the Luke Wilson character' while we were writing it," McCullah added. "They saw some other actors, and finally Joseph was like, 'Maybe we should get Luke to play the Luke Wilson character.' I was like, 'You think?'" And the rest is history.

“Legally Blonde 3” is slated to hit theaters in May 2022 after originally being scheduled for a February 2020 release.

MGM Studios announced the news on Twitter late Tuesday, following the “Legally Blonde” virtual reunion featuring Reese Witherspoon and her co-stars Selma Blair (Vivian Kensington), Jessica Cauffiel (Margot), Jennifer Coolidge (Paulette Bonafonté), Matthew Davis (Warner Huntington III), Ali Larter (Brooke Taylor Windham), Holland Taylor (Professor Stromwell), Alanna Ubach (Serena McGuire), and Luke Wilson (Emmett Richmond)

“Elle Woods is back! Legally Blonde 3 coming May 2022. We rest our case,” the studio tweeted.

In May, Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor were set as the duo writing the sequel, which will feature Witherspoon reprising her iconic role from the first two “Legally Blonde” films.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing “Legally Blonde 3,” alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, president of Platt Productions. Hello Sunshine’s head of film and television, Lauren Neustadter, is also producing.

Back in 2018, Reese Witherspoon announced that a third Legally Blonde movie was headed our way. At the same time, she confirmed that she would be reprising her iconic role as Elle Woods - and we were excited, to say the least. But ever since . . . it's kind of been crickets. The film was originally set for release in February 2020 (which obviously never happened), and the original screenwriters, Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, were reportedly returning to pen the sequel.

But finally, on Monday, Deadline confirmed that not only is the movie still on the horizon but Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the screenplay. They also confirmed that "Reese Witherspoon remains aboard, reprising her role as attorney Elle Woods," and that the film is "producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise's original producer Marc Platt."

Legally Blonde 3 won't be a rewrite of Smith and McCullah's original version,...

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor will write MGM’s “Legally Blonde 3,” in which Reese Witherspoon is set to reprise her iconic role of Elle Woods, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing the film, alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, president of Platt Productions. Hello Sunshine’s head of film and television, Lauren Neustadter, is also producing.

This is the second time Kaling and Goor are partnering up on a film. They collaborated on the Kaling/Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy that was picked up by Universal after a heated auction in 2019.

Also Read: 'Legally Blonde 3' Gets Valentine's Day 2020 Release Date

Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah adapted the novel by Amanda Brown for the first film and were previously in talks to write the script.

“Legally Blonde” grossed $141 million worldwide, while its followup secured $124 million at the global box office.

Exclusive: We have learned tonight that Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have officially signed on to write MGM’s Legally Blonde 3. This is the second feature film that Kaling and Goor are partnering on, the first being the Kaling/Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy that Universal won in a heated auction last year, which Deadline also told you about first.

Reese Witherspoon remains aboard, reprising her role as attorney Elle Woods, producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise’s original producer Marc Platt.

Deadline exclusively announced Legally Blonde 3 close to two years, with original scribes Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah penning. Kaling and Goor’s version isn’t a makeover, nor are they doing touch-ups, rather their screenplay will have an entirely new fresh spin.

Also producing are Hello Sunshine banner head of Film and Television Lauren Neustadter and Adam Siegel, President of Platt Productions.

Even...

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the script for MGM's Legally Blonde 3. 

The third installment of the comedy franchise will also see Reese Witherspoon reprise her role as Elle Woods. Witherspoon's banner Hello Sunshine and the company's head of television and film Lauren Neustadter, along with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Platt Productions. will produce the film. 

Witherspoon confirmed that a third Legally Blonde pic was in the works back in June 2018, with the planned threequel to be penned by the original film's scribes Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah....

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the script for MGM's Legally Blonde 3.

The third installment of the comedy franchise will also see Reese Witherspoon reprise her role as Elle Woods. Witherspoon's banner Hello Sunshine and the company's head of television and film Lauren Neustadter, along with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Platt Productions. will produce the film.

Witherspoon confirmed that a third Legally Blonde pic was in the works back in June 2018, with the planned threequel to be penned by the original film's scribes Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah....

Exclusive: Deadline has learned that a reboot of Blake Edwards hit 1979 comedy 10 is happening at Warner Bros. with Legally Blonde‘s Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith writing. Sue Kroll, through Kroll & Co. Entertainment’s exclusive deal at the Burbank, CA studio, will produce alongside Jeff Nathanson. Julie Andrews and Ashok Amritraj will serve as executive producers.

The original movie, which starred Edwards’ wife Julie Andrews, Dudley Moore and Bo Derek, followed a Hollywood composer going through a mid-life crisis who becomes infatuated with a newly married woman. 10 was a huge box office hit back in the day making close to $75M at the domestic box office.

The new project will take a comedic look at the question of what defines a “perfect 10” in today’s world. The new contemporary re-imagining will be inspired by the original film’s wit, humor and groundbreaking conversations around sexual politics.

“10 holds a special place in my heart.

Exclusive: Aubrey Plaza will star in the Netflix movie Hope, directed by New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami.

Hope, whose plotline is under wraps, marks the second feature to be directed by van Beek and Sami following their female-driven comedy The Breaker Upperers, which they also co-wrote and starred in. That pic, which was produced by Taika Waititi’s company Piki Films, premiered on Netflix in February. The Breaker Upperers made its world premiere at SXSW in March 2018.

Writing Hope is comedy screenwriting duo Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, who were behind such comedies as Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You, The House Bunny, The Ugly Truth and She’s the Man. They will serve as EPs with Adam Wagner. Smith and McCullah are writing the Spice Girls movie for Paramount Animation and an original live-action pitch for Paramount with Todd Garner producing called Party

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It's 2019, but the Spice Girls have us feeling like we're back in the '90s. Not only is the group currently on tour giving us what we really really want, but they're also making another movie! According to The Hollywood Reporter, all five members - Melanie Brown (Scary), Emma Bunton (Baby), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty), Geri Halliwell (Ginger), and Victoria Beckham (Posh) - of the Spice Girls are reuniting for a second movie that's in early development with Paramount Animation. There's no set release date for the film yet, but Paramount Animation is planning two releases a year starting in 2020, so we could be getting more information soon. And yes, you read that correctly, all five members are on board.

Unlike the classic 1997 film Spice World, the new project will be animated ,with the Spice Girls lending their voices to their likenesses. Simon Fuller is set to produce with Karen McCullah...

All five original band members are set to lend their voices to a film that will feature original singles and new songs

An animated Spice Girls movie is in the works at Paramount. The film will feature the voices of all five members of the original band and a plot in which the quintet become superheroes.

It will be produced by 90s music mogul Simon Fuller, and written by Karen McCullah and Kiwi Smith, whose credits include The House Bunny and Legally Blonde. A director is not yet attached.

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Paramount Animation president Mireille Soria is bringing girl power to the unit — literally. The studio, which boasts a mostly female senior staff, is in early development on a Spice Girls movie among a slate eyeing two releases a year, starting in 2020.

All five members of the iconic '90s group — Melanie Brown (Scary), Emma Bunton (Baby), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty), Geri Halliwell (Ginger) and Victoria Beckham (Posh) are on board, with Simon Fuller producing and Karen McCullah and Kiwi Smith writing the screenplay. The animated feature will include Spice Girls classics as well as new songs. The Spice ...

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Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has picked up Party Girls, an original pitch from the Legally Blonde screenwriting duo Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, with Todd Garner attached to produce via his Broken Road Productions banner. Garner is the producer behind such films as Paul Blart: Mall Cop and its sequel, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, The Possession of Hannah Grace and Isn’t It Romantic.

Party Girls is a female ensemble comedy about a group of party girls from the Studio 54 era who reunite in the present day, now in their 70s, to continue the party.

Together, McCullah and Smith also co-wrote the screenplays for teen rom-coms 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s the Man as well as served as executive producers on The House Bunny and The Ugly Truth.

Smith co-created the upcoming Netflix series, Trinkets, which is based on her young-adult novel of the same name.

Exclusive: The Neighborhood‘s Beth Behrs has boarded female buddy action comedy Twin Blades. She joins the previously set Ma Li in the Eva Jin-directed film. Cristal Pictures is co-producing along with The Donners’ Company’s Lauren Shuler Donner and Jack Leslie.

The story centers on an unlikely pair of alpha females. Zoe (Behrs) is an American tech entrepreneur who relocates her company to China. Maylin (Ma) is a local female bodyguard who is hired to protect her. When Zoe’s life is threatened, the odd couple must put aside differences and join forces to survive. Production is slated for the second quarter of 2019 in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah completed a rewrite of the script which Cristal acquired from Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi in 2017. Cristal and Wanda Media are co-financing the project.

Behrs, who previously starred in long-running CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, has most...

A pre-teen sleepover, but make it a film festival.

L.A’s forthcoming experiential film festival, Rom Com Fest, just announced its 2019 lineup, which includes iconic rom-com favorites such as “Never Been Kissed” and “10 Things I Hate About You.” The event, which will take place at the the Downtown Independent Theater from June 20-23, aims to shine a spotlight on the romantic comedy genre and will feature screenings, fireside chats with the films’ stars, and writer Q&As.

Founded by entrepreneur Miraya Berke, the three-day event will mark a divergence from traditional film festivals — rose and dessert pairings will be served with certain films and attendees are encouraged to show up in themed outfits.

“We all need something uplifting to escape to,” Berke said. “Routinely dismissed by film critics as a lesser genre artistically, romantic comedies are universally beloved and are a true art form, being some of the...

Exclusive: La-based, China-backed finance and production outfit Cristal Pictures has set director Eva Jin (Sophie’s Revenge) to helm female buddy action comedy Twin Blades. Rising Chinese actress Ma Li has also boarded to star. Cristal is co-producing along with The Donners’ Company’s Lauren Shuler Donner and President Jack Leslie. Production is slated for the second quarter of 2019 in Hong Kong and mainland China. Cristal and Wanda Media are co-financing.

Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah recently completed a rewrite of the script which Cristal acquired from Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi in 2017. The story centers on an unlikely pair of alpha females — Zoe, an American tech entrepreneur who relocates her company to China, and Maylin (Ma), a local female bodyguard who is hired to protect her. When Zoe’s life is threatened, the odd couple must put aside differences and join forces in order to survive.

Ma’s credits include Chinese box...

Not long ago, it was announced that writers Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah would be teaming for a third film in the Legally Blonde franchise with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role as the effervescent Elle Woods. The news brought a smile to the faces of many fans of the character, especially when a Valentine's Day 2020 release date was confirmed. Today, those same... Read More...

Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition “Legally Blonde 3” Start working on your bend and snap because Elle Woods is coming back. MGM has officially announced there will be a third “Legally Blonde” film hitting theaters on Valentine’s Day 2020. The original film’s writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith will return to write the script, and Reese Witherspoon will reprise her role as Elle Woods in addition to producing duties. There’s no word yet on a director or if any other members of the original cast will reprise their roles, but Joseph Middleton has cast both the previous “Legally Blonde” movies, so it’s a good guess he’ll return for the third. Dolly Parton Netflix Anthology...

A third Legally Blonde film is officially in the works, and Reese Witherspoon is set to reprise her role as Elle Woods! On Thursday, June 7, the 42-year-old actress confirmed the reports by rocking a pink sparkly bikini in an Instagram video, writing, "It's true . . . #LegallyBlonde3." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Witherspoon is working on Legally Blonde 3 with MGM and will produce the movie through her media company, Hello Sunshine. Few other details are known yet, but the screenwriters behind the original, Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, are also in talks to return.

It's been 17 years since the classic hit screens, and we can't wait to see how Elle's story has evolved since 2003's sequel. Witherspoon is currently filming Big Little Lies season two and continuing to work on her Draper James line of clothing and home decor. We have a feeling her response to juggling all of these projects...

Elle Woods will return to the big screen Valentine’s Day 2020, MGM has announced.

Reese Witherspoon is set to star once again as the sorority sister-turned-lawyer in “Legally Blonde 3.” She will also produce through her Hello Sunshine production company. “Legally Blonde” producer Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president Adam Siegel will produce as well.

No director is currently attached to the project. MGM has tapped writers Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah for the script. McCullah wrote the adapted script for the original 2001 film.

“Legally Blonde 3” is the fifth title to land on Feb. 14, 2020, with three of those film still untitled. Fox has set its animated film “Nimona” for the same date; Universal has an untitled Blumhouse movie; Warner Bros. has a untitled DC entry; and Disney has an untitled live-action movie.

“Legally Blonde” was a success for MGM, grossing $141.8 million worldwide. The film followed a perky sorority sister...

“Legally Blonde 3” will hit theaters on Valentine’s Day 2020, MGM announced Thursday.

Earlier this week, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap that Witherspoon was in talks for “Legally Blonde 3,” which the actress later confirmed as a done deal. Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah adapted the novel by Amanda Brown for the first film and are in final talks to write the script for MGM. Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president, Adam Siegel, are producing alongside Witherspoon through her Hello Sunshine banner.

Back in Pink in 2020! #LegallyBlonde3 pic.twitter.com/KP1l6R0zTU

— MGM Studios (@MGM_Studios) June 7, 2018

“Legally Blonde” grossed $141 million worldwide, while its followup secured $124 million at the global box office. The first film followed Elle Woods as she went to Harvard Law School after she was dumped by her boyfriend. In the sequel, Elle headed to Washington D.C. to join the staff...

Deadline broke the news exclusively on Monday that Reese Witherspoon is returning for Legally Blonde 3, and today MGM revealed that the threequel will open on Feb. 14, 2020.

Witherspoon further confirmed the news today on Instagram in full character as Elle Woods.

Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, who adapted the Amanda Brown novel for the 2001 first film, are in final talks to pen the script. Original producer Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president Adam Siegel are producing, and they will be joined this time by Witherspoon, through her Hello Sunshine banner. A director has yet to be announced. Robert Luketic helmed the first movie. Both Legally Blonde pics amassed close to $267M at the Ww box office. The first title was a cash cow for MGM made for a reported $18M and earning $141.7M.

The Legally Blonde pics center around Witherspoon’s Woods, a former sorority girl who proves that she’s no dumb blonde,...

Reese Witherspoon channeled her inner Elle Woods to confirm the news that she would be returning for a third film in the “Legally Blonde” series.

“It’s true… #LegallyBlonde3,” the actress wrote on Instagram, accompanying a video in which she glides across a pool on a blue floatie, wearing a glittery pink bikini — a clear reference to the Harvard admissions video Elle Woods puts together in the first “Legally Blonde.”

Earlier this week, it was announced that Witherspoon was in talks for “Legally Blonde 3.” Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah adapted the novel by Amanda Brown for the first film and are in final talks to write the script for MGM. Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president, Adam Siegel, are producing alongside Witherspoon through her Hello Sunshine banner.

Also Read: Reese Witherspoon in Talks to Return for 'Legally Blonde 3'

“Legally Blonde” grossed $141 million worldwide, while its follow-up secured $124 million at the global box office.

It’s official — Elle Woods is headed back to the big screen! (What, like it’s hard?)

Earlier this week, reports that Reese Witherspoon was reprising her iconic Legally Blonde character for a third installment of the beloved film franchise had the internet buzzing.

And on Thursday, the 42-year-old actress confirmed the Legally Blonde 3 news by slipping back into the pink sequin bikini Elle wore for her Harvard Law application in the original 2001 film.

“It’s true,” she wrote on social media, captioning a video of herself in the two piece as she drifted on a blue pool float.

It’s true.

Update: Reese Witherspoon confirmed Legally Blonde 3 is a go Thursday, writing on Instagram, "It's true...#LegallyBlonde3." The video showed her wearing a sequined pink bikini and floating in the pool, just as Elle Woods did in her Harvard audition video in the first film. ____________________________________ Reese Witherspoon is in talks to reprise her role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, E! News has confirmed. Deadline, which broke the news, said MGM is also in negotiations with the actress to produce the film, through her Hello Sunshine banner, alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel. Additionally, the outlet reported Karen McCullah and Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, who adapted the Amanda Brown novel...

Reese Witherspoon is heading back to court, as she is close to wrapping up a deal with MGM to produce Legally Blonde 3. The original’s screenwriters, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, are expected to pen the threequel, and original producer Marc Platt will be producing. 50 Celebrities Who Have Died In 2018 – Tribute […]

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The star will return as chirpy lawyer Elle Woods and also produce, with original writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith returning

A third Legally Blonde film is on the way, with reports suggesting Reese Witherspoon is to reprise her role as idealistic lawyer Elle Woods – 15 years after her last outing as the character.

According to Deadline, Legally Blonde 3 is being backed by MGM, who are looking to bring back much of the talent that made the first film, released in 2001, a surprise commercial success. Writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith are back on board. Witherspoon – who in the interim has become a powerful behind-the-scenes figure with executive credits on Gone Girl, Wild and TV’s Big Little Lies – will produce, along with Marc Platt.

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Reese Witherspoon is reportedly nearing a deal to reprise her role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde — and this time she’s also producing through her Hello Sunshine company. The third installment would also reunite Witherspoon with the writers of the first movie, Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, according to Variety.

Elle Woods was last seen onscreen in 2003’s Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde after making her first appearance in the iconic 2001 original, Legally Blonde. Witherspoon’s Woods started out as a desolate sorority girl who decides to follow her ex boyfriend to Harvard Law...

It looks like MGM and Reese Witherspoon will be teaming back up to develop Legally Blonde 3. They are close to making a deal that would see Witherspoon reprise her role of Elle Woods in the sequel. In case you're wondering, it's been fifteen years since the sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, was released.

Most of the original creative team will be back to develop the third one as well. Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, who adapted the Amanda Brown novel for the 2001 first film, are in final talks to write the script. Then there's original producer Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president Adam Siegel, who will be back to produce.

There are no details on the plot, but Deadline says, "it will be much in the spirit of the first film, in which Woods’ idealism and pink-dominant wardrobe prevailed over the cynicism and snootiness all around...

Reese Witherspoon is in talks with MGM to reprise her role as Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde 3.”

Witherspoon would also produce through her Hello Sunshine production company, if the deal goes through. Original producer Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president Adam Siegel are also producing.

MGM is also near closing a screenwriting deal with Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, who wrote the adapted script for the 2001 original.

“Legally Blonde” was a success for MGM, grossing $141.8 million worldwide. The film followed a perky sorority sister attempting to win back her ex-boyfriend by getting a law degree from Harvard University, as she remained relentlessly upbeat and usually clad in pink. “Legally Blonde” also starred Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge and a Chihauahua named Bruiser.

MGM also released 2003’s “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,” set in Washington, D.C. The sequel grossed $124.9 million at the worldwide box office.

Exclusive: MGM is near a deal with Reese Witherspoon to reprise her role as the precocious, idealistic Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, and they’ve brought back most of the creative team from the first film.

The pic is coming together quickly. Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, who adapted the Amanda Brown novel for the 2001 first film, are in final talks to write the script. Original producer Marc Platt and his Platt Productions president Adam Siegel are producing, and they will be joined this time by Witherspoon, through her Hello Sunshine banner.

The scribes will begin writing immediately and the next step is to secure a director. Robert Luketic helmed the original pic.

It has been 17 years since the original, and the sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde came out in 2003. But the film has been a staple for young-female audiences who’ve rediscovered it on DVD or...

Elle Woods is back.

Reese Witherspoon is in talks to reprise her role as the precocious lawyer for a third Legally Blonde movie from MGM, which she would also produce through her Hello Sunshine banner.

The star on Thursday confirmed the news on social media, posting a video callback to the original film along with the message: "It’s true... #LegallyBlonde3." The same day, it was announced that the film is set to hit theaters on Valentine's Day 2020.

It’s true... #LegallyBlonde3 pic.twitter.com/i9zBrUpRCp

— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) June 7, 2018

Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, who penned ...

Elle Woods is back.

Reese Witherspoon is in talks to reprise her role as the precocious lawyer for a third Legally Blonde movie from MGM, which she would also produce through her Hello Sunshine banner.

Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, who penned the 2001 original, are also in talks to return, along with producer Marc Platt. Platt Productions' president Adam Siegel would also produce.

Legally Blonde, which follows a hot pink-clad law student shaking up the stuffy world of Harvard law school, hit theaters in 2001, becoming a surprise box office success, spurring a 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White &...

If you say you don't spend some weekends holed-up watching everyone's favorite movie, Legally Blonde, then you're probably telling a massive lie. We're so obsessed with Legally Blonde, in fact, that we have seen it (approximately) two million times and can pretty much quote it all by heart. And the news that the film was supposed to have a completely different ending has shocked us and has us feeling very relieved that test audiences ultimately didn't like it. While recently speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the flick's co-writer Karen McCullah said, "Originally it ended at the courthouse right after the trial. Everyone was congratulating Elle, and Emmett came up, and gave her a big kiss." A post shared by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on Mar 11, 2016 at 10:16am Pst "Then there was a tag where it was a year in the future and she and [Elle's friend] Vivian, who was now blonde, had started...

Exclusive: Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You scribe Karen McCullah has been tapped to adapt fashion and movie-world rom-com The Stylist, the 2016 debut novel from Rosie Nixon, Editor-in-Chief of UK celebrity news bible Hello Magazine.

The Stylist charts the escapades of Amber Green, a fashion boutique worker, who is mistakenly offered a job as an assistant to infamous, jet-setting 'stylist to the stars' Mona Armstrong. The project is being produced by…...

Tooley Entertainment has acquired the holiday comedy project The Fight Before Christmas from the embattled Broad Green Pictures. Karen McCullah (Legally Blonde) has been hired to pen the script and the company is looking to go before the cameras this fall The Fight Before Christmas is about Mrs. Clause, who after 700 years of marriage is feeling unappreciated for her contributions to holiday, so leaves Santa in mid-December. He has to win her back in time to save…...

The reviews are in for Girls Trip, Universal's Friday (July 21) release, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish. The raunchy comedy, directed by Malcolm D. Lee from a script by Black-ish's Kenya Barris, Karen McCullah, Tracy Oliver and Erica Rivinoja, is receiving mostly positive reviews, with an 87 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of Thursday afternoon.

The film follows four longtime pals, who have a wild time, and rekindle their friendships, at New Orleans' Essence Festival.

Read on to find out what the critics are saying about the movie.

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Alcon Entertainment has nabbed the rights to self-styled “Mom Rock” musician Judy Davids’ 2008 comedic memoir Rock Star Mommy: My Life As A Rocker Mom with plans to turn it into a feature film. In the book, Davids chronicles her path from suburban soccer mom and housewife to becoming the founder and guitarist for the all-mom surf-punk band Mydols at age 42. Karen McCullah (Legally Blonde, She's the Man) has been tapped to write the script, and Mark Clayman (The Pursuit of…...