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In January 2008, Hollywood lost an irreplaceable gem in actor Heath Ledger, who passed away from an accidental overdose as a result of prescription drug abuse. Over a decade later, he is still remembered for his brilliance in the industry, which is reflected in all the productions in which he was involved. Among these is his breakout role in the 1999 rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You, which has since gained popularity as a cult classic, often dubbed one of the greatest rom-coms of all time.

Released on March 31, 1999, 10 Things I Hate About You will find its way to a new streaming home this summer, months after landing on Peacock earlier in January. Per Hulu’s schedule for next month’s additions to its catalog, the coming-of-age movie is set to debut on the streamer on August 1. Gil Junger directed 10 Things I Hate About You in his film directorial debut,...

"How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways?" That's the tagline featured on many of the posters for the 1999 teen classic,10 Things I Hate About You. Based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," the film was a fun balance of the playwright's sensibilities and the teen movie boom that exploded during the late 90s. It's one of the best-received films of its kind from that era and is still beloved today, which could be why the film's director, Gil Junger, is confident that a sequel will be successful. In fact, he has ideas that will go beyond making just one follow-up.

During a chat with People, Junger revealed that he is working on a follow-up to 10 Things I Hate About You and is penning the script with Naye Elle James. The director also says that the film's original producer, Andrew Lazar, is on board,...

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Peacock is ready with an entertainment-packed May this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated Season 2 of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face, as well as the streaming release of the brilliant spy thriller film Black Bag. Just like every month, Peacock is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Peacock in May 2025.

The Notebook (May 1) Credit – Warner Bros.

The Notebook is a romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven. Based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the 2004 film is set in the 1940s, and it follows a young couple as they fall in love despite their parents’ disapproval, while their stories are read from a notebook in...

The 1999 teen romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, is set to be turned into a musical on Broadway by a creative team laden with Grammy and Tony awards.

The stage adaptation will be scored by “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska, and will be based on a book by Girls star Lena Dunham and veteran playwright and librettist Jessica Huang. The direction and choreography will be done by Christopher Wheeldon, with musical arrangements and orchestrations to come from Tom Kitt.

The original Touchstone Pictures movie, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew play, was a breakout film for Ledger and Stiles and had a cast that included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Allison Janney and Larry Miller. Ledger played Patrick Verona, the bad-boy heartthrob who is paid to pursue the rebellious, hard-headed Kat Stratford (Stiles) as part of...

Reese Witherspoon has shared a first look at Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods in “Elle,” Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Legally Blonde” prequel series.

The series recently began filming, Witherspoon announced on Instagram. “Harvard was hard. High School was harder. Our new series, Elle, is now in production!” she wrote.

Per the official logline, the series “follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first ‘Legally Blonde’ film.”

Minetree was announced as starring in February, marking her first lead role after smaller appearances in “Law & Order: Svu,” “The Murdaugh Murders,” “Crowdsource Murder” and “The Paramedic Who Stalked Me.”

The cast also includes Tom Everett Scott as Elle’s father and June Diane Raphael as her mother.

Laura Kittrell created “Elle” and serves as co-showrunner with Caroline Dries. Both...

Lilo & Stitch's Tia Carrere will star alongside Star Wars actors Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich in a new romantic comedy movie set in the Philippines. Details about Carrere's role in the film have been revealed.

Deadline broke the news about Carrere's casting in The Last Resort earlier today. She will play Reyna, a "boss lady of the highest order, who owns a number of resorts."Miss Congeniality's Donald Petrie will direct the romantic comedy, which is written by Legally Blonde writer Karen McCullah Lutz. Production will begin later this month, with Asia Pacific Films financing and producing the project.

The Last Resortfollows Brooke (Ridley), a woman determined to prove herself worthy of running her father's hotel empire. She travels to the Philippines in search of a new resort location and meets Ben (Ehrenreich), an expat pilot who shows her the beauty of the country, while also giving her a brand-new sense of freedom.

Exclusive: Tia Carrere (upcoming Lilo & Stitch) has been tapped for a role alongside Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich in The Last Resort, the new Philippines-set romantic comedy from Miss Congeniality helmer Donald Petrie.

Carrere will play Reyna, a boss lady of the highest order, who owns a number of resorts. Production kicks off this month, with Asia Pacific Films producing and financing.

Written by Karen McCullah, the veteran rom-com scribe known for her work on titles like Legally Blonde, The Last Resort follows Brooke (Ridley), who is determined to prove herself worthy of running her father’s hotel empire. When Brooke travels to the Philippines to scout a new resort location, she meets Ben (Ehrenreich), a charming expatriate pilot who helps her discover the beauty of the country — and a newfound sense of freedom. As love and duty collide, Brooke must choose between the life she’s built and the...

One of Gerard Butler’s most controversial romantic comedies has returned to streaming charts more than 15 years after its release. Butler stars alongside Grey’s Anatomy veteran Katherine Heigl in The Ugly Truth, the 2009 rom-com that grossed over $200 million at the box office against a modest $38 million budget. The Ugly Truth is streaming exclusively on Peacock, where it is the sixth most popular movie on the platform at the time of writing. The film was panned by critics upon release and earned a 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but general audiences were kinder to The Ugly Truth, giving it a 60%. The rom-com follows a television producer who takes control of a morning show segment on modern relationships that’s hosted by a misogynistic man.

Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah, and Kirsten Smith wrote the screenplay for The Ugly Truth, and Robert Luketic directed the film. The Ugly Truth is still among Luketic’s...

Production is set to start in April on a new film that will feature two Star Warsfranchise veterans in starring roles. Per Deadline,Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich will star in The Last Resort, directed by Donald Petrie and written by Karen McCullah.

Ridley is widely known for her portrayal of Rey in the Star Wars sequels, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Ehrenreich played a young Han Solo in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was directed by Ron Howard.

Caught Between Love and Duty

In The Last Resort, Brooke, played by Ridley, is set on proving herself worthy of running the hotel empire owned by her father and travels to the Philippines to scout a location for a new resort. While there, she meets Ben, played by Ehrenreich,...

Former ‘Star Wars’ actors Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich have been set to star in the romantic comedy ‘The Last Resort.’

The story follows Brooke (Ridley), who is determined to prove herself worthy of running her father’s hotel empire. She travels to the Philippines to scout a new resort location and meets Ben (Ehrenreich), a charming expatriate pilot who helps her discover the beauty of the country – and a newfound sense of freedom. As love and duty collide, Brooke must choose between the life she’s built and the one she’s only just begun to love.

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Donald Petrie will helm the project from a script from Karen McCullah.

Manuel V. Pangilinan serves as executive producer of the film, which is produced by Ernesto (Bong) Sta. Maria. Jr. (Rosario), and Raja Collins.

Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich will star in 'The Last Resort'.The 'Magpie' actress and the 'Cocaine Bear' actor have signed up to appear in Donald Petrie's romantic comedy, which is set in the Philippines and will begin production next month, Deadline reports.'Legally Blonde' writer Karen McCullah has penned the script, and the film follows Brooke (Ridley), a young woman who is determined to prove she can run her father's hotel empire.When she travels to the Philippines in search of a new resort location, she meets ex-pat pilot Ben (Ehrenreich) who helps her discover both the beauty of the country, and a new sense of freedom, which leaves Brooke having to make a choice between her old life and the new one she's started to fall in love with.Asia Pacific Films are producing and financing the project, while CAA Media Finance will handle worldwide distribution rights.

Daisy Ridley is about to join forces with another Star Wars alum in a new romance film. While fans are waiting to see Ridley return as Rey in her new Star Wars movie that keeps getting delayed, the actress has certainly stayed busy with films like Magpie, The Young Woman and the Sea, Cleaner, and We Bury the Dead. It seems like she has landed a new project while her Star Wars continuation gets off the ground, and she will share the screen with young Han Solo himself, Alden Ehrenreich.

Deadline reports that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are starring in the Philippines-set romantic comedy The Last Resort. The Last Resort has assembled an early 2000s dream team for romantic comedy fans, as it will be directed by Donald Petrie, best known for directing Miss Congeniality and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

The Last Resort, a new romantic comedy from the director of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, has found its leads in Star Wars alumni. Released in 2003, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was directed by Donald Petrie and stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in lead roles. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the rom-com was a box office success that made over $177 million on a $50 million budget. Petrie has also directed hit rom-coms such as 1988's Mystic Pizza starring Julia Roberts and 2000's Miss Congeniality starring Sandra Bullock.

Now, the director's next rom-com has found its two leads, and they are both Star Wars alumni. According to Deadline, The Last Resort has cast Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: Episodes VII-ix) and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) in its two lead roles. Production on the rom-com, which will be set in the Philippines, is set to...

Exclusive: Star Wars vets Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich are starring in Donald Petrie’s Philippines set romantic comedy, The Last Resort which Asia Pacific Films is producing and financing.

Production begins in April. CAA Media Finance is handling worldwide distribution rights.

The Karen McCullah penned script follows Brooke (Ridley), who is determined to prove herself worthy of running her father’s hotel empire. She travels to the Philippines to scout a new resort location. There, she meets Ben (Ehrenreich), a charming expatriate pilot who helps her discover the beauty of the country—and a newfound sense of freedom. As love and duty collide, Brooke must choose between the life she’s built and the one she’s only just begun to love. Petrie has directed such rom com hits as Miss Congeniality and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.

Miramax Films’ musical fantasy comedy Ella Enchanted will officially be heading to a brand-new streaming home soon. The 2004 movie was led by Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway in one of her earliest movie roles, following the success of 2001’s The Princess Diaries.

Beginning on March 6, Ella Enchanted will be available for streaming on Prime Video. In the film, Hathaway portrayed the titular role of Ella, a young woman whose fairy godmother granted her the magical gift of obedience. This ability requires her to immediately obey any command she has been given. However, as she grows up, this so-called gift proves to be more of a curse than a blessing, since it gives anyone the power to take advantage of her. During its theatrical run, it received negative reviews from critics and fans of the novel, with a Tomatometer rating of 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. This was due to its lack of faithfulness from the original source material.

Reese Witherspoon’s 2001 Legally Blonde broke more barriers than one. While it started with a classic rom-com girl getting the guy back vibe, it slowly turned into a transformational journey of Witherspoon’s character Elle Woods.

Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde | Credits: 20th Century Studios

Interestingly, the writers initially had a different ending planned for the movie. While the final version focused on Elle Woods coming into her own, the initial movie wanted to highlight that she did get her boyfriend back.

The test audience, however, wasn’t on board with that. As, according to them, it took away the entire message the movie wanted to showcase. So, the writers came up with the idea to change the narrative to fit the theme better. Hence, the all-time classic was born.

Reese Witherspoon’s Legally Blonde would have been a disaster due to the original script

Reese Witherspoon played the classic...

Donald Petrie has signed on to direct “The Last Resort,” a Philippines-set romantic comedy written by Karen McCullah, the scribe behind such romcom gems as “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Legally Blonde.”

Petrie, who directed the Lemmon-Mathau comedy “Grumpy Old Men” and is an Emmy nominee for his work on “L.A. Law,” is responsible for a number of classic romantic comedies himself, having directed

“Miss Congeniality,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” and “Mystic Pizza.”

The veteran filmmaker’s other credits include “Richie Rich,” “The Associate,” “My Favorite Martian,” “My Life in Ruins” and the television show “The Kominski Method,” among others.

McCullah, who was born in the Philippines and grew up in the U.S., has also written films including “She’s the Man,” “Ella Enchanted,” “The Ugly Truth” and “The House Bunny.”

“The Last Resort” follows a hotel executive who is sent to scout a...

For whatever reason, Hollywood doesn't produce movies like "Legally Blonde" anymore. Brightly colored, fun, and undeniably optimistic, this Reese Witherspoon comedy succinctly captures the zeitgeist of the early 2000s, and it now serves as a time capsule to a more innocent time when it felt possible for a fashion merchandising student to usurp the Harvard snobs and become a full-fledged lawyer. Truly, director Robert Luketic's upbeat tone, to say nothing of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith's snappy script, is a key reason for the film's enduring success -- it's the perfect underdog tale, featuring a likable character worth rooting for and an uplifting message about staying true to yourself and persevering in the face of adversity.

"Legally Blonde" earned solid reviews from critics, earned a pair of Golden Globe nominations, including one for Witherspoon, made a killing at the box office, led to two sequels (and counting), and even spawned a musical.

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The comedy genre has been under attack for quite some time now as the studios have stopped making mid-budget comedy movies and refocused all their attention on big-budget blockbusters. Amidst all this, a niche sub-genre in comedy, like raunchy comedy films, has been forgotten. If it’s not a classic like American Pie or Road Trip, people don’t even remember most of the fantastic raunchy comedies that came out. So, we compiled a list of the best underrated raunchy comedies you might have missed out on.

The Girl Next Door (Netflix & Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios

The Girl Next Door is a raunchy comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield from a screenplay co-written by Stuart Blumberg, David T. Wagner, and Brent Goldberg. The 2004 film follows Matthew, a high school senior who thinks that he has found his dream girl,...

Batwoman creator Caroline Dries has joined an exciting project: the prequel series for Legally Blonde. Amazon officially greenlit the series in May.

Per Variety, Dries will serve as the series' co-showrunner, alongside series creator Laura Kittrell. Dries' previous writing credits include several superhero shows, including Smallville, Arrow, and Gotham Knights, as well as The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place. Almost all received positive reviews from the critics, which makes her arrival in the upcoming Legally Blonde series exciting. She previously created and was the showrunner for Batwoman for the three seasons that aired on The CW, which has 83% from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but only 23% from the audience.

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As for Laura Kittrell, she served as a writer for Downward Dog and Insecure,...

Exclusive: Asia Pacific Films (Apf) announced that it will produce and finance romantic comedy The Last Resort (working title), with 10 Things I Hate About You and Legally Blonde screenwriter Karen McCullah attached to the project.

Set to begin production in the Philippines in early 2025, the film is executive produced by a group led by Apf chairman and Filipino billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan, and produced by Ernesto “Bong” Sta. Maria Jr. and Rj Collins. Simon Heo and Akshay Mehta serve as co-producers.

The Last Resort follows a hotel executive who is sent to scout a new resort location in the Philippines. She becomes captivated by the breathtaking scenery and the warmth of its people — and also meets Ben, a charming expatriate charter pilot.

The production company said that casting and search for the film’s director is currently underway, which...

Space Cadet pays tribute to Reese Witherspoon's iconic movie, Legally Blonde, with character parallels and comedic scenes. Emma Roberts stars as Rex Chapman, an unconventional astronaut candidate who overcomes doubters and proves her worth. Both Space Cadet's Rex and Legally Blonde's Elle showcase resilience, optimism, and determination to chase their dreams despite facing prejudices.

Amazon Prime Videos new romantic comedy movie, Space Cadet, cleverly pays tribute to one of Reese Witherspoons most iconic movies through character parallels and comedic scenes. Space Cadet stars Emma Roberts as Rex Chapman, a woman who decides to return to her dream of becoming an astronaut 10 years after putting her dream on hold to care for her dying mother and grieving father. Though the film has some emotional moments, Roberts and The Space Cadet cast hope to bring more laughter than tears.

When Rex makes it to the NASA astronaut training program...

Space Cadet is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Liz W. Garcia. The Prime Video film follows the story of Tiffany “Rex” Simpson, a Florida party girl who has always dreamed of going to space and gets admitted into the NASA space program because of a fluke with much more capable candidates. She must prove herself to the NASA bosses using her heart, street smarts, and moxie. Space Cadet stars Emma Roberts in the lead role, with Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu, Sebastián Yatra, Kuhoo Verma, Desi Lydic, Gabrielle Union, Andrew Call, Sam Robards, and Dave Foley starring in supporting roles. If you like the comedic, romantic, and heartfelt moments of Space Cadet, here are some similar films you could watch next.

Legally Blonde (Max & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – MGM

Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic from a screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.

Exclusive: Legally Blonde has become the first big MGM title to spawn a TV series for Prime Video. The Amazon streamer has ordered Elle, a Legally Blonde prequel series. It hails from the film franchise’s star Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine banner, part of Candle Media. The project is being unveiled at Prime Video’s inaugural upfront presentation today where the streamer also is announcing another TV series based on a MGM property, Tomb Raider.

Created by Laura Kittrell, who will serve as showrunner, Elle follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film. The series is set years before the events in the first movie, which kicked off as Elle Woods (Witherspoon) graduated from college and headed to Harvard Law to pursue a legal career.

Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon as the pink-loving lawyer Elle Woods, is one of the most iconic films of the 2000s. Since the film has continued to maintain the same popularity, the universe will now grow with a spinoff series.

Deadline reports that Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine production company are behind the upcoming spinoff TV series. The series is currently in development at Amazon MGM Studios. Gossip Girl developers/executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are tied to write and executive produce the upcoming series.

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So far, there is no official plot, as details are being kept under wraps. However, the news about the Legally Blonde universe doesn't stop here.

Dylan Mulvaney is dreaming big, and one of the characters she would like to play is Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.

In a recent interview, the singer and actress said that her dream theater role was to play Glinda in Wicked, but her “dream dream” was to portray the Harvard Law School student that Reese Witherspoon famously played in the 2001 film.

“My dream though is to do a trans Legally Blonde,” Mulvaney said in an interview with IMDb during SXSW. “I wanna play Elle Woods and have maybe a trans Emmett and a trans Paulette. And I think what’s so cool about plugging trans people into existing stories is it inherently changes what the topic is, but in a way that you don’t actually have to do much to the script because it becomes something different — but actually, I think it makes it even more powerful.”

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Anyone But You revives rom-coms with nods to Shakespeare, just like 10 Things I Hate About You did 25 years before. 10 Things I Hate About You modernizes Shakespeare's themes, giving Kat more agency and respect while removing misogynistic undertones. The clever screenplay of 10 Things I Hate About You stands out among teen comedies, becoming a timeless classic.

The recently released Anyone But You not only helped revive romantic comedies in the theatrical landscape, but it also looked to the work of William Shakespeare for inspiration in a way that used to make it clear that the 16th-century English playwright had his finger on the pulse of the human condition that would prove to be timeless. Much Ado About Nothing serves as the blueprint for the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell-led rom-com, but it's not the first film of this nature to use one of Shakespeare's plays to spin...

Glen Powell is only 35 years old, but he’s been around the movie business since he was 10, with his first credit coming as a 14-year-old in “Spy Kids 3D: Game Over” as Long-Fingered Boy. That means, even though he’s only been a part of Hollywood’s A-List for the past few years, he has a much longer filmography to his name — and he’s confident in naming his favorite film experience to date. No, it’s not playing Long-Fingered Boy.

“I’m just trying to make movies that I’d want to see, and I think ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ will be my favorite movie I’ve ever made in my whole life,” the actor told Vogue in a new interview. “There’s not going to be a more charmed, lovely experience. When that movie ended, I sobbed as I was shaving off my thin mustache.”

The ’80s-set comedy...

The all-female Expendables spin-off is officially canceled and highlights the fact the series shouldn't have sidelined female action icons for so long. The Expendables series began with the mission statement to unite the most iconic action movie heroes. Over the course of three entries it did an impressive job, gathering Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Harrison Ford and many more. To date, however, The Expendables has only featured two female team members in Yu Nan's Maggie and Rouda Rousey's Luna. That's largely because creator Sylvester Stallone planned an all-female spin-off dubbed The Expendabelles.

Various names were thrown around for The Expendabelles, with Sigourney Weaver being suggested by Stallone himself - though she swiftly passed, per The Hollywood Reporter. In November 2022, the same outlet got Millennium Films' exec Jeffrey Greenstein to finally reveal the project had been scrapped. Greenstein stated "... my problem with that project was always trying to find...

Veteran film and television lit agent Lee Stuart Cohen (aka “The Hammer” and “The Moose”) died peacefully at his home the morning of October 8 after a long illness. He was 78 years old.

Cohen began his career in the legendary William Morris Agency mailroom in the early 1970s. He went on to became a motion picture and television agent known for discovering new talent and for his loyal, joyful, passionate, and unwavering advocacy for his clients. After decades at Wma where he did stints running TV lit and motion picture lit, Cohen ended his career at Paradigm.

Over the years, Cohen represented such top writing talent as the team of Tom Gammill and Max Pross, known for their work on Seinfeld and The Simpsons, and Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, who penned such features comedy hits as Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s The Man.

In addition...

Exclusive: Legally Blonde and The House Bunny screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith are set to write the romantic comedy I Do… Not for Amazon Studios and Di Bonaventura Pictures.

The feature is centered around a woman who gets the chance to stop her own wedding.

Mark Vahradian and Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce via Di Bonaventura Pictures.

The project reteams Vahradian, McCullah, and Smith who first worked together on the 1999 teen classic 10 Things I Hate About You.

McCullah and Smith recently completed a rewrite on K: Pop: Lost In America starring Rebel Wilson and a draft of Legally Blonde 3. The duo also penned the comedy She’s the Man, Ella Enchanted and The Ugly Truth. MGM is eager to reignite the Legally Blonde franchise, the first two movies raking in over 266M worldwide at the global box office.

Smith is represented by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and attorney Karl Austen.

The acting bug seems to be biting Reese Witherspoon’s kids too, as her son Deacon Phillippe just made his acting debut as a guest star of Never Have I Ever season three, which is out on August 12. He is not putting all his eggs in one basket, though, as he also is a budding music producer who released a single “Long Run” in 2020.

For this acting role, It turns out his mother’s working relationship on previous projects with Mindy Kaling got him the in to appear for a couple of episodes of the hit coming-of-age dramedy series on Netflix. Phillppe was considered for and eventually cast in the role of Parker, a friend of one of protagonist Devi’s potential crushes Des.

Never Have I Ever’s co-creator Lang Fisher told Entertainment Weekly that Phillippe’s name came up after Parker was written. But when he finally got on,...

If there was a Mount Rushmore of teen movie figureheads, it should include the Waters Brothers, the writing duo of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, John Hughes (self explanatory), and Amy Heckerling.

Coming-of-age films are nothing new, but the "teen film" as we know it today is a relatively recent phenomenon, with 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" serving as the turning point for teen cinema. Before "Fast Times," films centered on teen stories weren't presented with authenticity to...

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Any Cosmo girl would have known about the “Legally Blonde” alternate endings. But now star Selma Blair is finally weighing in on the scrapped LGBTQ original conclusion that showed Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) finding her happily ever after…with a surprising enemies-to-lovers twist.

During a 2021 oral history in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, actress Jessica Cauffiel who played Elle’s best friend Margot told The New York Times that Elle and Vivian (Blair) ended up together, with romantic connotations.

“The first ending was Elle and Vivian in Hawaii in beach chairs, drinking margaritas and holding hands,” Cauffiel explained. “The insinuation was either they were best friends or they had gotten together romantically.”

However, audiences didn’t like the ending, so a few more were filmed.

“The second or third ending was a musical number on the courtroom steps, and as Elle came out, the judge, jury and everybody...

Exclusive: Another star-studded package looks to have hit the market right before the holiday weekend. Sources tell Deadline that Rebel Wilson and Charles Melton are attached to star in K-Pop: Lost in America for producers Lynda Obst and Cj Entertainment’s Miky Lee. South Korean filmmaker Jk Youn is directing and was written by Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, with a current draft by Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith.

The package just hit the market and already is drawing interest from suitors.

The story follows a breaking K-pop group that finds themselves mistakenly stranded in Waco, Texas, just days before their American debut at Madison Square Garden. Left with no phones, no money and no transportation, the group must overcome their differences and a host of crazy obstacles to make it to New York City. Along the way, they learn to love Texas, and Texas learns to love them back.

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It's been 20 years since the release of Legally Blonde, and we're still learning how the pretty much perfect cast came together. In a July 8 oral history of the film by The New York Times, casting director Joseph Middleton and screenwriter Karen McCullah discussed the different actors that were almost cast in the now-iconic roles; including WandaVision's Paul Bettany. "I loved Paul Bettany for the Luke [Wilson] role, but he was British, and they felt like it needed to be a real American," Middleton said of the Marvel star.

Even though Bettany was considered for the role, it seems that Luke Wilson was always destined to be Emmett. "We always called [the love interest Emmett] 'the Luke Wilson character' while we were writing it," McCullah added. "They saw some other actors, and finally Joseph was like, 'Maybe we should get Luke to play the Luke Wilson character.' I was like, 'You think?'" And the rest is history.

It's a great time to be a Legally Blonde. Not only did the cast of the original movie recently reunite in a virtual event for the 20th anniversary, but the long-awaited sequel, Legally Blonde 3, has now been confirmed and given a release date of May 2022. MGM Studios took to social media to announce the news.

"Elle Woods is back! Legally Blonde 3 coming May 2022. We rest our case."

Fans of Reese Witherspoon's delightfully ditzy Elle Woods have been waiting some time for the third outing, with the movie officially beginning development back in 2018. The script is being written by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor, with Reese Witherspoon also on board to reprise her role as attorney Elle Woods, as well as producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise's original producer Marc Platt.

the addition of Kaling and Goor is certainly a promising one. Mindy Kaling has...

“Legally Blonde 3” is slated to hit theaters in May 2022 after originally being scheduled for a February 2020 release.

MGM Studios announced the news on Twitter late Tuesday, following the “Legally Blonde” virtual reunion featuring Reese Witherspoon and her co-stars Selma Blair (Vivian Kensington), Jessica Cauffiel (Margot), Jennifer Coolidge (Paulette Bonafonté), Matthew Davis (Warner Huntington III), Ali Larter (Brooke Taylor Windham), Holland Taylor (Professor Stromwell), Alanna Ubach (Serena McGuire), and Luke Wilson (Emmett Richmond)

“Elle Woods is back! Legally Blonde 3 coming May 2022. We rest our case,” the studio tweeted.

In May, Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor were set as the duo writing the sequel, which will feature Witherspoon reprising her iconic role from the first two “Legally Blonde” films.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing “Legally Blonde 3,” alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, president of Platt Productions. Hello Sunshine’s head of film and television, Lauren Neustadter, is also producing.

Spunky, self-confident, charming lawyer Elle Woods is returning to the big screen for MGM's sequel Legally Blonde 3, with the new script set to be written by Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor. Headline star Reese Witherspoon is also on board and will be reprising her role as attorney Elle Woods, as well as producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise's original producer Marc Platt.

Mindy Kaling has become a well-known name in comedy, having starred in the comedy The Mindy Project. Kaling recently co-created and is the executive producer on the critically acclaimed Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever which follows the complicated life of a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl and is inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood. Prior to Never Have I Ever, Kaling has created and executive-produced a series of popular shows and movies, including a Four Weddings and a Funeral television adaptation for Hulu,...

Back in 2018, Reese Witherspoon announced that a third Legally Blonde movie was headed our way. At the same time, she confirmed that she would be reprising her iconic role as Elle Woods - and we were excited, to say the least. But ever since . . . it's kind of been crickets. The film was originally set for release in February 2020 (which obviously never happened), and the original screenwriters, Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, were reportedly returning to pen the sequel.

But finally, on Monday, Deadline confirmed that not only is the movie still on the horizon but Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the screenplay. They also confirmed that "Reese Witherspoon remains aboard, reprising her role as attorney Elle Woods," and that the film is "producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise's original producer Marc Platt."

Legally Blonde 3 won't be a rewrite of Smith and McCullah's original version,...

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor will write MGM’s “Legally Blonde 3,” in which Reese Witherspoon is set to reprise her iconic role of Elle Woods, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing the film, alongside Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, president of Platt Productions. Hello Sunshine’s head of film and television, Lauren Neustadter, is also producing.

This is the second time Kaling and Goor are partnering up on a film. They collaborated on the Kaling/Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy that was picked up by Universal after a heated auction in 2019.

Also Read: 'Legally Blonde 3' Gets Valentine's Day 2020 Release Date

Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah adapted the novel by Amanda Brown for the first film and were previously in talks to write the script.

“Legally Blonde” grossed $141 million worldwide, while its followup secured $124 million at the global box office.

Exclusive: We have learned tonight that Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have officially signed on to write MGM’s Legally Blonde 3. This is the second feature film that Kaling and Goor are partnering on, the first being the Kaling/Priyanka Chopra wedding comedy that Universal won in a heated auction last year, which Deadline also told you about first.

Reese Witherspoon remains aboard, reprising her role as attorney Elle Woods, producing through her Hello Sunshine studio with the franchise’s original producer Marc Platt.

Deadline exclusively announced Legally Blonde 3 close to two years, with original scribes Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah penning. Kaling and Goor’s version isn’t a makeover, nor are they doing touch-ups, rather their screenplay will have an entirely new fresh spin.

Also producing are Hello Sunshine banner head of Film and Television Lauren Neustadter and Adam Siegel, President of Platt Productions.

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Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the script for MGM's Legally Blonde 3. 

The third installment of the comedy franchise will also see Reese Witherspoon reprise her role as Elle Woods. Witherspoon's banner Hello Sunshine and the company's head of television and film Lauren Neustadter, along with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Platt Productions. will produce the film. 

Witherspoon confirmed that a third Legally Blonde pic was in the works back in June 2018, with the planned threequel to be penned by the original film's scribes Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah....

Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the script for MGM's Legally Blonde 3.

The third installment of the comedy franchise will also see Reese Witherspoon reprise her role as Elle Woods. Witherspoon's banner Hello Sunshine and the company's head of television and film Lauren Neustadter, along with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Platt Productions. will produce the film.

Witherspoon confirmed that a third Legally Blonde pic was in the works back in June 2018, with the planned threequel to be penned by the original film's scribes Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah....

Exclusive: Deadline has learned that a reboot of Blake Edwards hit 1979 comedy 10 is happening at Warner Bros. with Legally Blonde‘s Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith writing. Sue Kroll, through Kroll & Co. Entertainment’s exclusive deal at the Burbank, CA studio, will produce alongside Jeff Nathanson. Julie Andrews and Ashok Amritraj will serve as executive producers.

The original movie, which starred Edwards’ wife Julie Andrews, Dudley Moore and Bo Derek, followed a Hollywood composer going through a mid-life crisis who becomes infatuated with a newly married woman. 10 was a huge box office hit back in the day making close to $75M at the domestic box office.

The new project will take a comedic look at the question of what defines a “perfect 10” in today’s world. The new contemporary re-imagining will be inspired by the original film’s wit, humor and groundbreaking conversations around sexual politics.

“10 holds a special place in my heart.

Aubrey Plaza has signed on to star in Netflix's romantic comedy Hope, which New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami will direct from a script by Karen McCullah and Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, the esteemed writers of Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You. This is hardly official, so don't quote me on this one, but I believe Hope will be the first movie to hail from a female directing team working off a script from a completely different female writing team. Regardless of the filmmakers' genders, there's a lot of comedic firepower behind …...

Exclusive: Aubrey Plaza will star in the Netflix movie Hope, directed by New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami.

Hope, whose plotline is under wraps, marks the second feature to be directed by van Beek and Sami following their female-driven comedy The Breaker Upperers, which they also co-wrote and starred in. That pic, which was produced by Taika Waititi’s company Piki Films, premiered on Netflix in February. The Breaker Upperers made its world premiere at SXSW in March 2018.

Writing Hope is comedy screenwriting duo Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, who were behind such comedies as Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You, The House Bunny, The Ugly Truth and She’s the Man. They will serve as EPs with Adam Wagner. Smith and McCullah are writing the Spice Girls movie for Paramount Animation and an original live-action pitch for Paramount with Todd Garner producing called Party

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Based on the young adult novel from Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, the Netflix/Awesomeness TV series Trinkets follows three teenage girls – Elodie (Brianna Hildebrand), Moe (Kiana Madeira) and Tabitha (Quintessa Swindell) – from the same high school who cross paths in the same mandated Shoplifter’s Anonymous meeting. On the surface, these young women couldn’t be more different, but as they get to know each other, their family issues and life drama brings them together and helps them to find …...

It's 2019, but the Spice Girls have us feeling like we're back in the '90s. Not only is the group currently on tour giving us what we really really want, but they're also making another movie! According to The Hollywood Reporter, all five members - Melanie Brown (Scary), Emma Bunton (Baby), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty), Geri Halliwell (Ginger), and Victoria Beckham (Posh) - of the Spice Girls are reuniting for a second movie that's in early development with Paramount Animation. There's no set release date for the film yet, but Paramount Animation is planning two releases a year starting in 2020, so we could be getting more information soon. And yes, you read that correctly, all five members are on board.

Unlike the classic 1997 film Spice World, the new project will be animated ,with the Spice Girls lending their voices to their likenesses. Simon Fuller is set to produce with Karen McCullah...

Spice Girls Animated Movie is currently in development at Paramount. The studio made the announcement today and confirmed the movie will feature all five original members. The group is currently on tour, though Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) decided not to participate. She supports her fellow bandmates and wished them luck on their tour, which has been selling out stadiums across Europe. However, it looks like Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), and Beckham are getting ready to reunite for the big screen.

Paramount Animation president Mireille Soria revealed some information about the studio's upcoming animation slate and talked about The Spice Girls animated movie. The five original members had an idea that Paramount has been developing. 'They are very involved," says Soria. In addition to reuniting all five women, the movie will feature old classics and boast some new songs from the group,...