The " Legally Blonde " prequel series "Elle" is officially in production.

Welcome back, Elle Woods. Reese Witherspoon has unveiled our first look at Lexi Minetree as the new face of everyone's favorite pink and peppy lawyer. "Harvard was hard. High School was harder," Witherspoon captioned the photo.

Finding the right actress to capture the spunk and wit of the iconic young woman, Elle Woods, in the Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle, was certainly no easy task. Back in January, executive producer Reese Witherspoon-who portrayed the character in the original 2001 film and its 2003 follow-up-shared that they had begun the casting process,

Our new series, Elle, is now in production!” Witherspoon wrote on Instagram along with an image of Minetree wearing pink and talking on the phone, two things Elle Woods circa 1996 certainly would be likely to do.

The Prime Video prequel series, aptly titled 'Elle', will follow Elle Woods' journey through her high school years before her time at Harvard