The Entourage Regroups
Hollywood is back in business—in both fact and fiction.
The writers are back to work on HBO's Entourage, and Doug Ellin spilled a thing or two on the forthcoming fifth season and beyond at a recent Writers Guild event.
Keep reading for the scoop on what's ahead for Vinnie, Ari and the rest of your favorite Hollywood posse…
Episodes Made to Order: You may have noticed that while season three ran 20 episodes, season four was just 12. So, what’s on tap for the boys’ fifth go-round? Ellin says they currently intend to produce 12 half-hour eps. But in the event that HBO decides to order more at the last minute, Ellin is up for it, saying they don’t cement storylines or story arcs ahead of time. They just go with the flow: “Each episode is written, we see [how it plays out] and then figure out what would naturally happen next.” Consider Entourage the anti-Lost.
Strike That: Sure, the show often mimics what goes on in Hollywood, but the writers' tentative plan to satirize the strike has been scrapped. Ellin feels that most people are over the whole debacle and would prefer to deal with different material, so that’s what they’re doing. Sadly, the three-month work stoppage will still make its mark on year five, postponing its scheduled June premiere until September.
Dom and Gloom: Ellin says Dom (whom Vince had to oust from the crew after he stole that shockingly important Shrek doll) will likely return. Domenick Lombardozzi, the actor who plays Dom, is one of Doug Ellin’s close friends, and Ellin wrote him in intending for Dom to be a permanent fixture of the entourage. Unfortunately, he didn’t anticipate the audience’s negative reaction to the character, which ultimately led to Lombardozzi’s early exit. Ellin has a personal goal to bring Dom back, but this time he’ll have a storyline we can empathize with. Giving him terminal cancer is one idea they're considering.
Did Vince Dump Debi Mazar? Publicist Shauna’s sporadic appearances on the show are not a sign of Ari-esque troubles ahead. Mazar is considered a series regular, but she isn't in every episode simply because so much of what Shauna does is handled by Mr. Gold. Still, Ellin insists they love having her on whenever possible, and he shares that Mazar appears in three of the four [upcoming] episodes already shot.
Don't Stop Believin': It’s no surprise that Vince and the boys will be romancing their fair share of females come September. What else is in store for the future? A trek out to Joshua Tree, where something a little, um, trippy goes down. Ellin says he has four more seasons of scandalous behavior in reserve, insisting that Entourage will probably run through year eight. How does he envision the show coming to its final end? “I see all four guys getting shot up in a diner.” Genius.
Marvel Studios and Brian K. Vaughan Developing Runaways Movie
I knew it was going to happen eventually, Marvel Studios has announced that they will be brining Brian K Vaughn’s Runaways to the big screen. Vaughn, best known for the critically acclaimed Y: The Last Man Series (also in some stage of development with DJ Caruso and possibly starring Shia LaBeouf), created Runaways in 2002 with Adrian Alphona, and is also penning the screenplay. It should be noted that Vaughn is also a co-producer and writer for LOST.
The series follows a group of teenagers discover that their parents are an organized group of super villains called The Pride. On the run from their homes, the group bands together and begin a journey of discovery, both of their parents’ origins and of their own inherited powers.
Unlike most other books in the Marvel universe, the individual Runaways story arcs are collected in small, manga-sized trade paperbacks. In 2006, the series won the Harvey Award for best continuing/limited series. Geek god Joss Whedon, a vocal fan of the book, took over the series after Vaughan and Alphona left at issue #24 of the title’s second volume.
Marvel is not ready to set a date for this latest adaptation or the previously announced Ant Man.
source: THR
Rocket Science Movie Review
Rocket Science is not about Science, nor is it about Rockets. It’s about that first High School love. In the running tradition of such films as Election, Rushmore, and Squid and the Whale, Rocket Science is about a unpopular high school student named Hal Heffner, who can’t spit out a complete sentence without stuttering.
He’s one of those losers you knew in high school who sits in the corner of the cafeteria hoping not to be noticed. He’s awkward, uncomfortable and unconfident. But one day Ginny, the head captain of the competitive debate team approaches Hal to become her new partner. Hal instantly falls in love, but things aren’t what they seem. The movie plays off the typical genre archetypes and story arcs to present something new, funny, and original.
This film perfectly captures the feeling of the first loser crush and the horrible world ending feeling of betrayal when you realize that it will never work. Reece Thompson is perfect as the sympathetic young lovable loser that can. And Anna Kendrick has a career-making performance as the fast talking smart and conniving Ginny Ryerson.
Jeffrey Blitz has created the next Sundance classic. See this movie, see this movie, SEE THIS MOVIE.
Rocket Science Movie Review
Rocket Science is not about Science, nor is it about Rockets. It’s about that first High School love. In the running tradition of such films as Election, Rushmore, and Squid and the Whale, Rocket Science is about a unpopular high school student named Hal Heffner, who can’t spit out a complete sentence without stuttering.
He’s one of those losers you knew in high school who sits in the corner of the cafeteria hoping not to be noticed. He’s awkward, uncomfortable and unconfident. But one day Ginny, the head captain of the competitive debate team approaches Hal to become her new partner. Hal instantly falls in love, but things aren’t what they seem. The movie plays off the typical genre archetypes and story arcs to present something new, funny, and original.
This film perfectly captures the feeling of the first loser crush and the horrible world ending feeling of betrayal when you realize that it will never work. Reece Thompson is perfect as the sympathetic young lovable loser that can. And Anna Kendrick has a career-making performance as the fast talking smart and conniving Ginny Ryerson.
Jeffrey Blitz has created the next Sundance classic. See this movie, see this movie, SEE THIS MOVIE.