Jake Freeman

Entourage

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ENTOURAGE, from the popular HBO TV series that lasted eight seasons, has now come to the big screen.

The film is directed by Doug Ellin and produced by Mark Wahlberg, both creators of the TV series which was based on their real life experiences of making it in Hollywood.

ENTOURAGE picks up where the TV show left off. It follows the story of four friends, rising actor Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), his older half-brother Johnny (Kevin Dillon) and Eric, (Kevin Connolly) and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara).

Within the story Vincent needs more money to finish his directorial debut for the studio, a futuristic $US100 million DJ drama titled Hyde. To do this, he has to convince the studio head Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) who in turn has to convince the father and son Texas cowboys, played by Billy Bob Thornton and Haley Joel Osment, who are the major co – financers to the film. The film also features cameo appearances from celebrities including James Cameron, Pharrell Williams, Piers Morgan and Ronda Rousey.

ENTOURAGE, similar in style to films like The Hangover and Horrible Bosses, morphs into nothing more than a film depicting a couple of immature, grown up men living in their own fantasy worlds. While the movie is entertaining and has its funny moments, one’s  interest flags.

Despite its poor reception, the movie has already been profitable in US, taking in $17.8 million over a five-day opening weekend finishing at fourth place at the box office. In Australia, the film opened last week at number one earning $2.6 million.

ENTOURAGE is currently in release.

Published by Jake Freeman

Jake Freeman is a junior administration assistant, editor, camera operator and filmmaker. Jake has previously completed his studies in Film and Television at the Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe (NMIT) and in Business Administration at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). During his business studies Jake co-managed and hosted a major fundraising event as part of his course assessment that raised over $1000 with guest speakers from the The Big Issue and The Oaktree Foundation in attendance. He has worked for Channel 31, SYN Media and RMITV in various roles such as camera operator, editor and director. Jake has recently been writing and performing stand-up comedy in various Melbourne venues.