Reese Witherspoon to Reprise ‘Election’ Role in Sequel

• The movie Tracy Flick Can’t Win is based on a sequel book by Perrotta that came out in June.
• Witherspoon will produce the movie and star in it.
• The show will premiere and be available to stream on Paramount+.The outlet says that Alexander Payne,

Reese Witherspoon will play Tracy Flick again!

According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures announced on Thursday that they will make Tracy Flick Can’t Win, a sequel to Reese Witherspoon’s 1999 high school comedy and political satire Election. The show will premiere and be available to stream on Paramount+.

The outlet says that Alexander Payne, who made the movie “Downsizing” in 2017, will return to direct the sequel. Witherspoon will produce the movie and star in it. She will play Tracy, a high school student who wants to run for class president in the original dark comedy, which was based on Tom Perrotta’s 1998 book of the same name.

The movie Tracy Flick Can’t Win is based on a sequel book by Perrotta that came out in June. Tracy is introduced in the book as “a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey.” When the high school principal announces his retirement, Tracy becomes involved in a new high school political controversy.

In the sequel, the character tries to prove she deserves the promotion, but “no matter how hard she works or how qualified she is, Tracy Flick never has it easy,” says a summary of the book.

In the 1999 movie Election, Tracy has a fight with her high school teacher, Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), who doesn’t like that she’s running for class president and tries to stop her.

It’s unclear if Broderick’s troubled character will be in the sequel.

In April 2019, Witherspoon posted an Instagram tribute to her 1999 film.

Time flies!

First #election was 20 years ago today “Then, she wrote. “Alexander Payne’s film is meaningful to me. #TracyFlick taught us to get things done… with cupcakes.”

The actress added “#pickflick,” her character’s campaign slogan.

In the clip, Witherspoon’s character was running against Paul Metzler for student body president.

“He wasn’t a competitor,” she explains. Compared apples and oranges. I worked harder. I trust voters. Elections aren’t popularity contests.”

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