Vinnie Chase: Award Winner? Footage from 'Entourage' Filmed During Golden Globes

Is Vinnie Chase about to win a Golden Globe? Last night the awards show was host to Hollywood's brightest and most glamourous celebrities, but it also saw a visit from Vincent, Turtle, Drama, E, and Ari from the upcoming Entourage movie. While it's not surprising that Jeremy Piven, Adrien Grenier and the rest of the gang were there, they arrived to the red carpet for a special purpose, like shooting a "special ending" to the film.

It was Variety's Cynthia Littleton who caught Piven and Today's Al Roker just as they began chatting about the last-minute footage being shot for the movie's conclusion. It's looking like Vinnie may be about to take home some awards hardware for the first time. Or perhaps not. This is friggin' Entourage; chances are they just needed footage of Vinnie and Co. hanging out with celebs on the red carpet. Was Mark Wahlberg there? If so then they probably shot a scene with him. Maybe Drama is looking to sneak up on stage when some show he used to be on wins an award. Doubtful it will be something as simple as Vinnie winning a Golden Globe.

We'll find out what's going on when Entourage opens on June 5th.

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The Party's back On in First Trailer for the 'Entourage' Movie

"Sadly, all good parties must come to an end." That doesn't apply to HBO's Entourage, apparently. When last we left Vince, Turtle, Drama, E, and Ari they were all leaving the wild life of Hollywood for the next phase of their lives. Vince was flying off to Paris to get married, E was moving to New York to be a father, and Ari was about to take over as head of Warner Bros. How much of that will be picked up on in the new movie? Who knows, but it looks like the party is really just beginning.

The first teaser trailer or the Entourage film is pretty much everything a fan of the show's eight seasons could hope for. You've got angry Ari screaming into his phone, Drama acting like a fool, hot girls, big celebrities, and Vince has completed his directorial debut in some kind of superhero flick.

Of all the HBO shows this is probably the one that needed a movie the least, and it will be interesting to see if its audience turns out. Then again it worked for Veronica Mars, didn't it? Directed by series creator Doug Ellin, Entourage opens June 5th 2015.

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Emily Ratajkowski joins 'Entourage'; Ashley Greene Enters 'Shangra-La Suite'; Shea Whigham Gets 'Term Life'

* From video vixen to movie star, Emily Ratajkowski has made the most of being the hot chick in Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'. She's already wrapped up her role in David Fincher's Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck, and now she's joined the starry cast of Entourage. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven are back in the big screen version of the HBO series, with new faces including Billy Bob Thornton, Haley Joel Osment, Kid Cudi, and Liam Neeson. Directed by Doug Ellin, Entourage opens June 12th 2015.

* Strange casting as Ashley Greene will play Priscilla Pressley in Shangra-La Suite, opposite Ron Livingston as Elvis. Directed and co-written by Eddie O'Keefe, the film doesn't seem to have all that much to do with their relationship at all. Instead it's "set in 1974 and focuses on two troubled 20-year-olds who set out to kill The King." Interesting premise. [Deadline]

* Shea Whigham, who tends to be awesome in pretty much everything, has joined the Vince Vaughn action flick, Term Life. Directed by Peter Billingsley (Ralphie from A Christmas Story), the film has Vaughn as a low life that the entire criminal underworld wants dead. In a rare act of selflessness he takes out a $1M insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter, only to discover that it doesn't take affect for 21 days, meaning he'll have to stay alive until then. Pretty cool concept, and with a cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Paxton, Mike Epps, Jordi Molla, Jonathan Banks, and William Levy, this could be the first Vaughn in awhile worth getting excited over. Whigham will play a vice cop estranged from his own family. [THR]

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Kevin Bacon Goes to '6 Miranda Drive'; Emily Watson Joins 'Testament of Youth'; Liam Neeson Cameos in 'Entourage'

* Kevin Bacon is apparently quite happy staying in the horror realm. The Following star and Radha Mitchell have joined 6 Miranda Drive, a small-budget horror from Wolf Creek director, Greg McLean. The story centers on “a family that unwittingly brings a fear-feeding supernatural force with them when they return from a Grand Canyon vacation.” Bacon will play the patriarch, of course, with shooting to begin next month. [THR]

* Wherever Emily Watson (Trixie, Punch-Drunk Love) goes, I will follow, and so I've just been given another reason to be excited about Testament of Youth. The historical drama stars Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington (who spoke about it briefly with me) ,  telling the true story of Vera Brittain who "postponed her studies at Oxford to serve as a nurse in the Great War, during which she lost her fiance and brother. After the war, she tried to resume her life but found herself part of a lost generation, returning to Oxford and becoming a feminist and a writer." Coming aboard with Watson is Dominic West (The Wire), with both playing Brittain's parents. [DailyMail]

* We hinted at it last night but since every site is boasting it in their headline, we'll just post it here. Liam Neeson will be making a cameo in the Entourage movie, having been spotted on set by The Wrap and other outlets. In one image he's seen giving the finger to Jeremy Piven, meaning he's likely playing himself in a confrontation with Ari Gold. Neeson is just one of many celebrity cameos in Doug Ellin's big screen version of his hit HBO series, which is due to hit theaters June 12th 2015.

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Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' Hits Theaters December 2014

It used to be five years or more between Paul Thomas Anderson movies, an excrutiating wait for fans of the Boogie Nights director. But lately he's picked up the pace, and now just two years after The Master, his latest film Inherent Vice will be hitting theaters this holiday season.

Warner Bros. has given Anderson's detective comedy a December 12th 2014 release date, meaning audiences will have something to see other than Ridley Scott's Exodus or the Paddington Bear movie. Inherent Vice is based on the Thomas Pynchon novel, set in 1970s Los Angeles and following pot smoking gumshoe Doc Sportello as he encounters other crazy characters while investigating a kidnapping. Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Martin Short, Jena Malone, Kevin J. O'Connor, Katherine Waterston, Timothy Simons, Peter McRobbie, Sasha Pieterse, Joanna Newsom, Maya Rudolph and Eric Roberts make up a cast that is borderline unfair it's so good.

Also, the Entourage movie has been dated for June 12th 2015, and if you've been paying attention to set photos there are some big cameos lined up. In fact, you can check out the latest one here.

And Nancy Meyers' latest comedy, The Intern, has been set for September 25th 2015. The film stars Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, with the Les Miserables star as the owner of a successful company who hires a senior citizen to be her intern.

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Tahar Rahim Leads 'Le Père Noël'; Kid Cudi Joins 'Entourage'; Brittany Snow, William H. Macy to 'Dial-A-Prayer'

* After starring in emotionally devastating dramas A Prophet and The Past, Tahar Rahim is taking on something lighter with the Christmas comedy, Le Pere Noel. Directed by Alexandre Coffre, the film "begins one evening on 24 December. More than anything else in the world, six-year-old Antoine wants to have a sleigh ride through the sky with Father Christmas… So when, as if by magic, Father Christmas lands on his balcony, the child is too amazed to see through Santa’s disguise and realise that he is actually a burglar who will not let anyone get in the way of his night’s work. Each in search of his own dream, “Father Christmas” and his apprentice team up for one night only to scale the Parisian rooftops and steal the riches contained within the handsome, deserted apartments.” So a French Bad Santa, basically? Sounds good to me. [Cineuropa]

* One of the last big developments on HBO's Entourage was the promotion of Ari Gold's tortured assistant, Lloyd. That means Ari's in need of a new assistant to make miserable, and that role will be filled by rapper Kid Cudi aka Scott Mescudi. He joins Billy Bob Thornton and Haley Joel Osment as new additions to the Entourage family, with director Doug Ellin and all of the original cast returning. Cudi will be seen next in Need for Speed opposite Aaron Paul.

* Brittany Snow and William H. Macy are in talks for the indie comedy, Dial-A-Prayer, from actress/director Maggie Kiley. While Macy's role is unknown, Snow will play " a young woman named Cora who is sentenced to community service working in a prayer request call center. She discovers a sense of accomplishment from the work until she finds out a boy she thinks she helped save is hiding a secret from her." Snow recently agreed to return for Pitch Perfect 2, while Macy was just at Sundance premiering Rudderless, his directorial debut. [THR]

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Haley Joel Osment Joins 'Entourage'; Matthias Schoenaerts Heads to 'Belgica'

* Is Haley Joel Osment making a comeback? Having recently co-starred in Will Ferrell's miniseries The Spoils of Babylon, and currently appearing in Amazon's Alpha House, Osment has now landed a supporting role in the Entourage movie. Doug Ellin is directing the continuation of his HBO series, with Osment joining stars Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Scott Caan, and Billy Bob Thornton. [Deadline]

* Belgian director Felix van Groeningen made quite a splash with his Flemish bluegrass drama, The Broken Circle Breakdown, and may walk away with some Oscar gold in a couple of weeks. But he's already looking ahead to his next project, titled Belgica, and he's nabbed a fellow countryman in Rust and Bone star Matthias Schoenaerts. This one's a pretty personal story for van Groeningen as it's based on the life of his father and "the rise and fall of two brothers who have nothing in common but who join forces to take up the reins of the Belgica, a microcosmic bar in which minor and major human comedies are played out, from racism and camaraderie to fraternity and rivalry." [Cineuropa]

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Billy Bob Thornton Joins 'Entourage'; Topher Grace goes 'Home'; Adrien Brody Leads 'Manhattan Nocturne'

* HBO's Entourage was all about cool stuff, cool places, and cool people, so it only makes sense the movie would have more than its share of celebrity cameos. With the gang all set to return for the film by series creation Doug Ellin, one new addition will be Billy Bob Thornton, taking on the role of a cowboy billionaire and financier for Vinnie Chase's Dracula movie. He's making a Dracula movie? Uh, okay? Thornton will also have a son who is sent to oversee the expensive production. Adrien Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon, Scott Caan, and Jeremy Piven will be back, and Deadline notes that Perrey Reeves will return as Ari Gold's put-upon wife. [THR]

* Is Topher Grace on the verge of a comeback? He's already lined up a role in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and now he's set to star in Home, a haunted house thriller from the maestros at Blumhouse Productions. Written and directed by Adam Alleca and Dennis Illiadis, the duo behind The Last House on the Left remake, the film centers on a man recently released from a mental institute, who inherits his parents' mansion only to come to believe it's haunted. Patricia Clarkson is also in talks for an unspecified role. Not even Grace can screw up a Blumhouse film, right? They always make money. [THR]

* Adrien Brody will star in an adaptation of Colin Harrison's novel, Manhattan Nocturne, written and directed by Brian DeCubellis. Co-starring Yvonne Strahovski and Roger Dodger duo Campbell Scott and Jennifer Beals, the story follows "a devoted husband and accomplished journalist who is asked by a seductive stranger to dig into the unsolved murder of her husband." [Variety]

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'Entourage' Movie Is Officially Happening

Over the last couple of weeks the prospects for an Entourage movie were looking a little dim. The film was green lit by Warner Bros. months ago, but recently the cast has been embroiled in some nasty contract negotiations that made for great tabloid material. The dawn started to break yesterday when co-star Jerry "Turtle" Ferrara told talk show host Wendy Williams that a deal "could be closed today", and clearly he wasn't just pulling our legs.

Show creator Doug Ellin took to Twitter and revealed that a big screen version of the hit HBO series is officially a go...

It's a go. love you all. pic.twitter.com/KcIPV5fqR8
— Doug Ellin (@mrdougellin) October 29, 2013

That was followed up by Ferrara who  enthusiastically tweeted...

I am proud to announce the #Entourage movie is officially a GO! Have to thank @wbpictures and @HBO for all the support to make this happen!
— Jerry Ferrara (@jerrycferrara) October 29, 2013

Mark Wahlberg had been suggesting that some of the cast was being greedy by holding out for a better deal, but it looks like everyone has "hugged it out" and production is expected to begin in January. Ellin will direct, and the story will pick up six months after the series finale.  

Honestly, I don't know why everybody has been clamoring so hard for this movie to happen. The show had a good run over the course of eight seasons, but I don't know what a 2-hour movie could possibly add to their story.

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Ready to party? 'Entourage' film gets the greenlight

Even before HBO's long-running Entourage aired its final episode, talk of bringing Vince and the gang back for a feature film had begun. Mark Wahlberg and co-creator Doug Ellin have been talking it up ever since, and now that the script is finally completed, Warner Bros. has given the thumbs up to bring it to the big screen.

The story will pick up about six months from where the finale left off, with Ari the head of his own studio, Vince heading off to get married, and the gang kind of going in their own direction. Here's what Ellin previously said about what his film would entail...

“There are interesting developments about Ari as a studio head, and that’s still the first page for me. But foremost is the friendship between the guys who are still hanging out and going to fun parties, and it continues with the same characters.”

Um, I hope there's more to it than that. We could just pop in a Blu-Ray of Season 1 if that's all we're going to get.  And honestly, that stuff got boring by the end of Season 2. Surely Ellin, who will also be directing, won't just litter the film with more celebrity cameos and call it a day?

Deals are being worked out with the principle cast to return, which shouldn't be that big of a deal. Expect to see the most important supporting players turn up, as well. I'd kill for Sasha Grey to make a comeback as Vince's pornstar girlfriend.[Deadline]

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Hug it out, bro! Doug Ellin's "Entourage" script is nearly complete

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary since HBO's Entourage went off the air, and long before we were ever hit over the head by that "whopper" of a cliffhanger, there was already talk of a feature film. To be fair, every HBO series ends with talk of a feature film, and they NEVER happen. But Entourage had a better shot than most with the muscle of exec-producer(and occasional guest star) Mark Wahlberg backing it. Now Deadline is reporting that series creator Doug Ellin is on the cusp of completing the script, meaning we might not be far away from HBO giving it the green light.

The film will apparently pick up six months after the last episode, which saw the gang flying off to Paris to see Vince(Adrien Grenier) get married to some random chick(played by Alice Eve), and loud-mouthed Ari Gold(Jeremy Piven) getting an offer to take over a major studio.I found the episode a little weak, to be honest, and the final season disappointing as a whole. They were just trying to wrap up too much and clearly targeting a warm 'n fuzzy conclusion.

Ellin's description of the film's story sounds like it could've been a single episode of the first season....

Ellin: “There are interesting developments about Ari as a studio head, and that’s still the first page for me. But foremost is the friendship between the guys who are still hanging out and going to fun parties, and it continues with the same characters."

 Wahlberg is apparently pushing Ellin to get this thing done, and I don't exactly think Kevin Connolly and Kevin Dillon are the most sought after actors in Hollywood, so if HBO says it's a "go" then expect Entourage to start production before too long.

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