Watch the video below for more on Witherspoon's return as Elle Woods. While fans will have to wait on pins and needles to hear about a potential Sweet Home Alabama sequel, another one of Witherspoon's beloved flicks, Legally Blonde, is coming back for a third movie. That's kind of the beauty in that magical film.'

'I think the thing about the story, it's one of those they're eternally in love,' Lucas said. 'So, even if they're going through a rough time, whatever it is, they're eternally in love. Hopefully this is one of them.'Īs for if there's any movement to make the sequel a reality, Lucas revealed that Tennant 'has a script and a development he has done,' but cautioned that this 'doesn't mean' that there's anything official just yet.

'Who knows? She's got a lot of irons in the fire to say the least. 'I think the person who's the one to put it together is Reese, so I'm hoping,' he continued. I spoke to him about it a couple of times recently. DateDOWRankDaily YDTheatersAvgTo DateDayEstimatedSep 27Friday113,117,9373,2933,98313,117,9371falseSep 28Saturday114,707,798+12.13,2934,46627,825,7352falseSep 29Sunday17,823,00546. Witherspoon stars as Melanie Smooter, a New York City fashion designer who hides her Pigeon Creek, Alabama, origins by using the last name Carmichael. I know Reese's said she is as well,' Lucas told ET at the time. 'The director is absolutely up for it.

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