Reese invented the “Legally Blonde” sequel theme for several years. It will be given? AP photo
In these times of multiple weekly releases between cinema and streaming, fans of legally blondethe comedy that catapulted to fame Reese WitherspoonI’m still waiting for news on the third film.
In a recent interview, the star of the films hinted that she is not sure there will be a sequel, despite being announced and in pre-production for a long time, longer than the actress herself expected.
However, Witherspoon also spoke of a recent precedent like that of Top Gun Maverick, the sequel of which was released 36 years after the original and became a worldwide box office hit. The Oscar winner said recently USA Today who hopes the film – once released in 2022 – will start production the right way.
An image from “Legally Blonde”, the film starring Reese Witherspoon. Clarin archive photo
“I still hope so Legally blonde 3 it’s done right. And how top Gun. They waited a long time to make another version of that movie and I loved the touch of nostalgia they added to it, “said the actress and producer of Little big lies.
Hope “Top Gun”
“This has certainly given us a lot of inspiration as to what we would like to do with Elle Woods: the character of legally blonde– as well as making sure we have the same milestones that people were worried about then, “he added.
Tom Cruise in “Top Gun Maverick”, who was 36 years old in work.
“I feel these characters are my friends, so I protect them. I would never make an unsatisfactory and mediocre version of those stories, “she clarified, as if to explain why the sequel is taking so long.
Top Gun: Maverickthe new action film – which brought Tom Cruise back as “Maverick” – was a boom at the box office: it amassed $ 650 million in the US and Canada and $ 1,300 million globally, which made it the highest-grossing star race film Mission Impossible.
It seems difficult that the third installment of legally blonde could have similar box office success. But it’s still a promising precedent.
A long-awaited follow-up
Witherspoon arrives trying to get off the ground Legally blonde 3 since at least 2018, when MGM announced that the film was in development and aimed for a release date in 2020.
In May 2020, Mindy Kaling (office, The Mindy project) and Dan Goor (Parks and Entertainment, Brooklyn nine-nine) approached the project as screenwriters and a new release date has been set for 2022.
Reese, winner of an Oscar, in the center of the photo. The first “Legally Blonde” grossed $ 141 million worldwide.
legally blonde was a hit for MGM in 2001, grossing $ 141.8 million worldwide. The second film was released in 2003 and amassed 124.9 million.
The plot centers on Elle Woods (Witherspoon), the typical cheerful and naive fraternity who seems to have it all: she is cute, popular, has money, good taste in design and fashion and an ideal boyfriend, son of the governor.
But it all falls apart the night he leaves her just when he thought he was going to propose. She decides to study law at Harvard University – where she studies Warner – to show him that she is a serious woman.
The comedy that launched Witherspoon to stardom also starred Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge, among others.
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Source: Clarin
