Prime Video Sets July 1 Premiere for Elle and Orders Season 2 Early
Prime Video signaled confidence in the Legally Blonde prequel with a pre-launch second-season order.
Overview
- Season 1 follows Elle Woods through her high school years, tracing the experiences that lead to the Harvard Law student seen in the films.
- Lexi Minetree stars as Elle, with June Diane Raphael and Tom Everett Scott as her parents, alongside Gabrielle Policano, Jacob Moskovitz, Chandler Kinney and Zac Looker.
- The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Hello Sunshine and was created by Laura Kittrell, who co-showruns with Caroline Dries.
- Executive producers include Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Marc Platt and Amanda Brown, with Jason Moore directing the first two episodes and serving as an EP.
- Witherspoon and Amazon television chief Peter Friedlander praised the show’s themes of kindness, authenticity and optimism and framed the early renewal as a vote of confidence.