‘ Legally Blonde 3’ gets its long- awaited release date

What, like it’s hard? Thecastof“LegallyBlonde” had no trouble spilling the beansTuesdayaboutthehotly anticipated third fifilm in the franchise during their virtual cast reunion, nearly two decades after theoriginalfifilm hit theaters.

“Legally Blonde 3,” which will be penned by Mindy Kaling and “Brooklyn NineNine” co- creator Dan Goor, will sashay its way into theaters in May 2022, the cast announced.

Reese Witherspoon, who starred asbubbly blondeHarvardLawstudentElleWoods, kicked offffthe reunionby noting the 2001 romantic comedy “comes up more than any other” fifilm she’s made.

Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer, which produced the franchise’s first two films, confirmed in a Tuesday night tweet: “Elle Woods is back! LegallyBlonde 3 comingMay 2022. We rest our case.”

“I think she just inspired people to believe in themselves,” Witherspoon, 44, said ofherlegallymindedalterego. “She just has a true sense of herself and she alwayswants to see the best in others. ... I think her spirit is something we could all use a little bit more of right now.”

The reunion, which benefifitednonprofifitWorldCentral Kitchen, included Luke Wilson,

Jennifer Coolidge and Selma Blair.

“Legally Blonde” was followed by “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White& Blonde” in2003, and even got the Broadway treatmentwhenitwasadapted for a stage musical in 2007, forwhichitscoredsevenTony nominations, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

In April, the “Big Little Lies” star hinted heavily at the forthcoming fifilm during a chat with Jennifer Lopez when the singer- actress said there were three “Legally Blonde” fifilms.

“There’s two,” Witherspoon said politely, adding, “But I’m thinking wemight be working on a three.”