Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Perrey Reeves Interview




On the CW 11 news, Perrey Reeves discussed her role on Entourage and showed a new scene from the upcoming season.

Check out the video here.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Viking Quest Website Update

It looks like HBO finally put up a link to the Viking Quest website I posted a few days back.

HBO also put up a funny video of Drama complaining about the website and the Viking Quest DVD release. You can check it out here.

Doug Ellin Entourage Interview



Entourage creator Doug Ellin gave an interesting interview to Broadcasting & Cable, discussing the upcoming season, his feelings about the previous season, and much more. Check it out below.




Entourage is up for five Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series. How about that?

Yes, it was unexpected. Some people thought the show lost its way last season, and not to defend it, I thought it was our weakest season. But this season I think we have our best season.


Why is this season the best?

I just think it all came together. Last year we had a little trouble keeping it together. I think the through-line arc works better this year. There are great cameos, we got [Executive Producer and Entourage muse] Mark Wahlberg back. We shot with Phil Mickelson, Tony Bennett, and we have a lot of great directors on the show.


You wrote three of the first four episodes. Do you usually write that much?

I usually write the first two and the last one. Over the years, a lot of rewriting goes into the process. This year we have three writers on actual scripts [Ellin, Rob Weiss and Ally Musika]. I wrote 60%-70% this year. I wanted to start it off and say this is where we are going.


How did the WGA work stoppage impact Entourage and its production and premiere schedule?

Basically we lost two episodes. We didn’t have time to get the 14 done we initially set out to do. I had a storyline that was going to deal with the writers’ strike to air in June, when were going to start airing. It just hurt us. We were supposed to be on in June, now we’ll be on in September. If there are no other strikes, hopefully we’ll be back on track for next summer.


In the premiere episode you have film critic Richard Roeper going to college with the character Ari, but you already established where Ari went to college and I do not think it’s the same place. People have given you a hard time about continuity before...

Yeah, I don’t really care. Ari’s had three kids, now he has two. People want to say I’m moronic. I do know the details, but sometimes it’s not as funny.

For the full article and interview, go here.