Elle is a prequel to which media franchise?

Elle is a prequel to the Legally Blonde franchise.

The series follows teenage Elle Woods years before she becomes the Harvard law student portrayed by Reese Witherspoon in the original films. It is set six years before the first Legally Blonde movie and explores Elle’s high-school life, friendships, romances, and the experiences that shape her distinctive confidence and ambition.

The young version of Elle is played by Lexi Minetree, while Witherspoon remains connected to the project as an executive producer. The series is also marketed as Elle: From the World of Legally Blonde, making its franchise connection explicit.

Elle is not a remake of Legally Blonde and is not part of The Princess Diaries, Clueless, or Mean Girls. Those titles are separate teen-oriented properties; Elle’s story is specifically designed to add background to the character who later applies to Harvard Law School.