Entourage creator Doug Ellin fired up fans of his show starring Adrian Grenier at the Television Critics Press Tour yesterday by making a promise he may not be able to keep.
As HBO’s Entourage enters its final season, Ellin told members of the press “we’re going to do a movie.” There’s no story or timetable yet, but he’s fully committed to ensuring it happens.
Series executive producer Mark Wahlberg and star Jeremy Piven agreed that they’d like to see a film as well. Added Wahlberg, “I certainly hope it has a chance to bcome a feature film.” He even backed up a previous claim that if he had to finance the film himself to get it done, then that’s what he’d do.
Many pieces have to fall into place before an Entourage movie can happen. The ensemble cast will each find work on new projects after appearing together for potentially the last time for the press tour. Pulling them all back together for a film will require aligning of many schedules.
There’s also budgets, contracts, finding a distributor. While Ellin’s enthusiasm for an Entourage movie is commendable, stop for a moment and ask yourself where The Sopranos film that was hinted at for years is at.
Catch Entourage season 8 on Sundays at 10:30pm EST/PST, or catch up by watching Entourage season 7 on Blu-ray, DVD or VOD via Amazon.com.
