Update!: I think I need to state that although this season didn’t immediately grab me, recent episodes – dealing with Vinnie’s drug habit – have, for obvious reasons, really hooked me. I’m still missing Andrew Klein, and maybe that’s the reason why I was a little disappointed by the first few episodes of the season, and the reason I said some air may be escaping from its puffy tyres, but the storylines have really picked up again. For me. I loved last season, some didn’t. It’s all down to taste. I guess. But as I said, I’m compelled again. Wasnt a fan of the first couple of episodes back. But now… I’m hooked…Actually god damn praying for Vinnie Chase – here’s hoping he doesn’t travel too far down that road. I still think the show is coming to it’s natural end, but only because I feel everythings nearly been done as much as can be in the confines of the tube, and can only imagine the possibilities with a film! (An episode that runs more than a half-hour, yes!) First half of this season? I could take it or leave it. This second half? Fuckin’ great. Ellin has pulled out the Gold typewriter again!

Previously…

I don’t want to knock the show – in fact, it’s creator Doug Ellin is an old friend of mine, and it’s still one of the only shows I religiously watch – but I think it’s evident this season, which hasn’t grabbed me as much as earlier seasons, that the tires on the “Entourage” trike may be slowly going flat. Time to evolve.

I’ve really enjoyed the show, it’s been a great magnifying-glass to the inner-working’s of Hollywood, and it’s given us five of the most memorable characters in Television history, but like any long-running series, “Entourage” has lost a bit of it’s sparkle – only natural. It’s probably outgrown the tube. Rather than have Johnny Drama jump over a shark on a waterski next season or have Eric adopted a young homeless boy, Ellin and company have decided that they’re going to pull the pin on the Tinseltown piss-take while it’s still working and transfer proceedings to the big screen.

At the upfronts this weekend, HBO announced that the final season of “Entourage” will air next Summer (U.S). That season will encompass only six episodes.

Like “Sex and the City” though, HBO’s head of programming said “Entourage” may live on on the big screen.

“Doug clearly wants to write a film but wants to do it if it makes sense for the story,” The Seattle Post Intelliger quotes exec Michael Lombardo as saying . “We have a long-term relationship with Doug Ellin, and I’m sure you’ll soon see another series from him here. But next summer will definitely be the final season of Entourage.”

I’d say there’s a very good chance that an “Entourage” movie will happen. They’ve been talking about it for ages. If Mark Wahlberg, the show’s EP, wants it to happen – it’ll happen. In fact, in a recent interview with MTV, the Oscar Winner said he’s “more focused on making that movie than my own films,” adding that, “I just think we can make a great movie. I think people always wanted [it] and have complained that the episodes are too short — they’ve always wanted more. I think we’re going to do it.”

Wahlberg teased that the “in the trailer you see [Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and his associate, Lloyd] waking up together in Vegas not knowing what happened.”

In my conversations with Ellin, he hasn’t sounded as certain as Wahlberg that an “Entourage” movie is on the way, but he’s definitely open to the possibility.

Whatever the case, and despite the fact that some of the more recent episodes haven’t been as good as earlier ones, I’m gonna fuckin’ miss “Entourage” – it’s a bloody marvelous show.