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Legally Blonde prequel series to arrive on Prime Video in July

The streamer seems confident in it as a second season has already begun production.
Ben Lyons Senior Editor 25 January 2026

We've known for a while that a prequel series to Legally Blonde is in the works. We've known that it's coming to Prime Video and that Reese Witherspoon is attached in an executive producing role, all while the series is going by the moniker of Elle.

Now we also know when the show will be making its arrival, as Prime Video has stated that Elle will debut on the streamer on July 1. To accommodate this news, a teaser poster has been shared, which you can see below.

But that wasn't all of the Elle news that Prime Video had in store. The streamer even confirmed that production on a follow-up second season is already underway, proving that there seems to be high confidence in the series performing with fans. We don't know when Season 2 might arrive, but a reasonable guess is that it'll be saved for 2027, perhaps in the summer to leave a year's gap between chapters.

https://x.com/PrimeVideo/status/2014074446093464035

Senior Editor Ben was a Senior Editor at Gamereactor UK. When he wasn’t writing, editing or filming for Gamereactor, he could usually be found playing an FPS or getting lost in a sprawling RPG.
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