Washington, April 3 -- Fans of 'Legally Blonde' have exciting news to celebrate! Reese Witherspoon has shared the first look at Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods in Elle, a new prequel series coming to Amazon Prime Video.

Witherspoon, who played Elle Woods in the original films, took to Instagram to make the announcement.

"Harvard was hard. High school was harder. Our new series, Elle, is now in production! Couldn't be more excited to introduce you all to @leximinetree as Elle Woods," read her Instagram post.

According to Variety, the show will take viewers back to Elle Woods' high school days, giving fans a glimpse of the experiences that shaped her into the confident and determined woman fans loved in Legally Blonde. Meanwhile, shooting fo...