The career of Katie Zacharia, the former White House Press Secretary, took another turn this week, when Universal Pictures announced that she will portray Elle Woods in the third installment of the Legally Blonde film franchise.
In LB III, Elle travels to China in disgrace after being disbarred for bribing a Labradoodle in a dognapping trial in Mississippi. Arriving in Beijing, she becomes an itinerant “barefoot lawyer” and meets Spencer, a spiritually tormented Mormon missionary (Matthew McConaughey). They fall in love.
Struggling to make ends meet, Elle defends a homeless fruit bat that has been accused of starting the COVID epidemic. China’s ruthless prosecutorial system is mobilized to crush her. A story of loss, love, faith, courage, and ultimate redemption, Legally Blonde III will be directed by Greta Gerwig.