Teaming up with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company, Amazon MGM Studios is working on a new prequel series that will focus on Elle Woods’s high school days. Witherspoon opened up about the inspiration behind the project in a January 2025 interview on The Tonight Show.

Reese Witherspoon announced that Lexi Minetree has been cast as young Elle Woods in the "Legally Blonde" prequel series, "Elle."

The mom-of-three starred in the sequel to the romcom, “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,” in 2003. While reflecting on the 20th anniversary of “Legally Blonde,” Witherspoon gushed over how the film change the course of her life.