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."

Reese Witherspoon has found her new Elle Woods. Witherspoon posted on Thursday that actress Lexi Minetree has been cast as the new Elle Woods in the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series. The show, called Elle,