Legally Blonde 3 officially hitting theaters in May 2022… after initial release date was set for 2020
Legally Blonde 3 will officially be hitting theaters on May 2022.
MGM Studios revealed that the movie is slated for release in 2022 on Tuesday evening, the same night lead star Reese Witherspoon hosted a 20-year reunion for cast of the original comedy flick.
The studio confirmed the franchise’s return in a Twitter post, that read: ‘Elle Woods is back! Legally Blonde 3 coming May 2022. We rest our case.’
She’s back! Legally Blonde 3 will officially be hitting theaters May 2022
The social media post was accompanied by a GIF of Elle Woods, the character played by Reese.
Specifically, Variety has reported Legally Blonde 3 will be released on May 20, 2020.
The film was initially set to be released in February 2020, but was pushed back even before the pandemic began impacting theater closures.
The original flick follows Reese as sorority girl Elle, who decides to study law at Harvard University in an attempt to win back her boyfriend (Matthew Davis).
Harvard bound! The original Legally Blonde followed the adventures of Elle Woods, a young woman who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School
Hop on in! Elle with her loyal chihuahua, Bruiser Woods
‘We rest our case’: The studio confirmed the franchise’s return in a Twitter post
News of a third movie was first announced in 2018 with original writers Kirstin Smith and Karen McCullah set to return.
However, they were replaced earlier this year by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor.
Mindy recently revealed that the film has been ‘fun’ to write and that people will fall in love with the character of Elle all over again.
Gather around! Witherspoon hosted a Legally Blonde reunion on Tuesday
She’s on board! Mindy Kaling will be co-writing the upcoming Legally Blonde sequel
The 41-year-old screenwriter told Good Morning America: ‘It’s been really fun to write. I think it’s going to be a great movie for Reese and people are going to love her in this part.’
Mindy also revealed that she was ‘nervous’ about getting involved in the movie series, which consists of two films and a spin-off.
She said: ‘I’ve been working with Reese on a couple of movies and we’ve been friends for a while and I have always quoted the movies to her.
‘It’s been over 20 years since she did the first movie and she asked me if I could help her revisit the character. I was nervous because that film is iconic
‘It’s been really fun to write’: Despite initially being nervous about writing the film, Mindy says it’s been a lot of fun so far (pictured 2019)