Do they still plan on making Legally Blonde 2?

[Mike]

I haven't heard anything about this for a little while. I know they plan on making it into a TV show and they were also supposed to do a sequel. I wonder if the same thing that happened to Clueless will happen to this? I know a Clueless 2 was supposed to be made as well as a Clueless TV show but only the show was made. I think that could possibly happen with Legally Blonde.

What does everyone else think? Has anyone heard anything new?

[MadsenOMC]

The sequel is already made Mike. It's called Sweet Home Alabama.

[Mike]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MadsenOMC:
The sequel is already made Mike. It's called Sweet Home Alabama. </font>

Hahaha... I suppose you could look at it that way.

[Grebdron]

I heard just this morning that Reese Witherspoon will be getting 15 million to do the sequel. So in answer to your question, yes. They will be making Legally Blonde 2.

[flowrchild]

The first one was entertaining fluff, but does it REALLY need a sequel?! I can think of a handful of movies that are way more deserving of a followup film.

[MadsenOMC]

This movie definitely does not need a sequel. It's merely another case of a studio milking something for all it's worth. Hardly surprising.

[Mike]

I loved Legally Blonde and I love Reese Witherspoon. No, it doesn't NEED a sequel but I'm glad it's getting one and I will see it for sure. I'm excited for it.

This is from zap2it.com:

HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) - Actress Reese Witherspoon will be getting $15 million to reprise her role as sorority girl turned legal eagle, Elle Woods, in “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde” for MGM.

“Legally Blonde” director Robert Luketic will not be helming the sequel, according to Variety. He is involved in “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton” as well as a movie based on Donald Hamilton’s Matt Helm spy novels.

Although the script isn’t finalized, the film will follow Woods as she runs for political office. The studio hopes to begin production in November, so the search is on for a director.

Witherspoon, who recently starred in “The Importance of Being Earnest” opposite Colin Firth, will be appearing next in Andy Tennant’s “Sweet Home Alabama” about a small-town Alabama woman who moves to New York where she reinvents herself as high-class fashion designer. The film co-stars Patrick Dempsey and Candice Bergen.

Meanwhile, MGM is continuing its plans to adapt “Legally Blonde” into a half-hour television sitcom for ABC.

[MadsenOMC]

I didn't like Legally Blonde, but I like Reese, she's a very good actress when she wants to be. But wouldn't you rather see her do something new and challenging than just rehash an earlier role? I want to see more of the Election Reese, not the Legally Blonde Reese.

[goliathslw]

I loved Reese, and though I don't see a point to a sequel, I would definitely enjoy watching it.

[XCoRyX]

i really hope they dont make this and its just a rumor.

[Mike]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by XCoRyX:
i really hope they dont make this and its just a rumor.</font>

I hate to burst your bubble but IT'S HAPPENING http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif, it's not just a rumor....

These are from Yahoo Movies:

No wonder blondes have so much fun--they're loaded.

Reese Witherspoon will pocket a whopping $15 million to star in a sequel to her fair-haired 2001 comedy hit Legally Blonde, according to Daily Variety. The actress also will produce the flick.

The hefty payday moves Witherspoon into the upper tax bracket for actresses, where she joins the fair-tressed likes of Cameron Diaz ($15 mil for The Sweetest Thing, $20 mil-plus for Charlie's Angels 2), Meg Ryan ($15 mil for Proof of Life) and, token brunette Sandra Bullock ($15 mil for Murder by Numbers).

Witherspoon isn't quite Julia Roberts ($20 mil, when she of the hard-to-pin-down hair color makes would-be crowd-pleasers like Erin Brockovich and The Mexican), but who is?

As it is, Witherspoon's price tag for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde is 15 times the cool million she earned for the original flick, and three times the $5 mil she banked for the romantic-comedy Sweet Home Alabama, opening September 27.

The 26-year-old wife of Cruel Intentions cad Ryan Phillippe has been steadily upping her profile and asking price since her 1991 film debut in the coming-of-age drama The Man in the Moon.

After a series of supporting roles, she toplined her first flick in 1999 with Election. The critically acclaimed black comedy earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

But it was Legally Blonde that made her the headshot-is-the-poster star you see today in, well, posters for Sweet Home Alabama (in which Witherspoon's face is the only enticement the studio thinks moviegoers will need to plunk down their respective $10).

Blonde, about a pink-obsessed ditz who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back a boy, earned $96.5 million at the U.S. box office. (It only cost a reported $18 mil to make.)

The sequel will begin shooting in November 2002 for release on July 2, 2003, albeit minus original director Robert Luketic, who passed on the project. No word yet on who'll helm Red, White & Blonde.

The new movie will feature Witherspoon's Elle Woods throwing her pink hat into the political ring. Per MGM, Elle goes to D.C. "to accessorize her rights, take on the political establishment, and initiate legislation in the name of her beloved dog, Bruiser."

"I was attracted to the idealistic quality of Elle's character and am happy to get back into her shoes," says Witherspoon in a statement. "Kate Kondell's script is great. It puts a positive spin on politics today. I look forward to inspiring young people to be interested in government."


HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Reese Witherspoon will receive $15 million from MGM to reprise her role as a bubbly blonde sorority girl turned legal eagle in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde."

MGM has spent the past several months racing to put the comedy on the fast track for a July 2003 bow. With Witherspoon on board -- pocketing her biggest paycheck to date -- the studio hopes to begin shooting in November. The project is now out to directors.

Australian Robert Luketic, who made his feature directing debut on the original, has already passed on the sequel. He is now tackling two projects at DreamWorks -- the romantic comedy "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton" and an adaptation of Donald Hamilton's novels featuring debonair spy Matt Helm.

"Legally Blonde," a comedy about a seemingly dimwitted Beverly Hills-bred girl named Elle Woods who enrolls in Harvard law school to win back her boyfriend, became a surprise sleeper hit in summer 2001, generating $96.5 million at the domestic B.O. and was a major player on homevideo.

Upon its success, MGM immediately began planning a sequel around the pink-obsessed character, who in the next installment finds herself running for political office.

Witherspoon will also serve as a producer on "Legally Blonde 2," along with Marc Platt. MGM, Platt and Touchstone are currently trying to adapt the film's character and exploits into a half hour midseason comedy for ABC.

Witherspoon most recently wrapped the romantic comedy "Sweet Home Alabama," which hits theaters Sept. 27. "Legally Blonde 2" will be her next project.

[Mike]

Hey, here's some new news about Legally Blonde 2:

Helmer Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, who made his feature directorial debut on the Fox Searchlight romantic comedy "Kissing Jessica Stein," has closed a deal to direct Reese Witherspoon in MGM's "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde." The Kate Kondell-penned project is on a fast track at MGM after the studio recently closed a deal with "Legally Blonde" star Witherspoon to reprise her role in the sequel as Elle Woods for $15 million. A November start is being prepped. The sequel sees Witherspoon's Woods head to Washington to battle politicos after her triumphant -- and surprising -- success as a Beverly Hills sorority girl-turned-Harvard Law School graduate. (Chris Gardner and Zorianna Kit)

[NuclearMisfit]

They dont need a Legally Blonde 2, if they do make it. It should go Direct-To-Video. It makes no sense to make a sequel come on everything was happy at the end of the film, Corporate Milking this is.