It's Like 'Entourage,' But They're Older, Richer, And More 'Wall-Streety'
Finding that exploring the effect of new wealth on interpersonal relationships through the lens of an up-and-coming Hollywood star with a net worth in the mere seven figures was ultimately insufficient for realizing his lofty sociological mission, Entourage creator Doug Ellin will turn his attention to a more "mature" group of friends who make real, Wall Street money for an HBO pilot. Reports Variety:
Ellin will exec produce the pilot with Stephen Levinson. Idea was hatched by the pair after they realized several of their friends from college — "regular, fraternity brother-type guys," Ellin said — were banking $40 million-$50 million a year on Wall Street.
"They make Vince look like a peasant," Ellin joked.
"I wanted to do a show that deals with these men who are making obscene amounts of money at a young age," he said. "It's a comedy, but it will be more mature than 'Entourage.' The characters will be dealing with grown-up issues such as marriage, getting older and working within the professional ranks."
It's a pretty savvy move for Ellin and HBO; there's probably a pretty substantial, underserved segment of the premium cable audience that finds Entourage's Hollywood-centered, twentysomething lifestyle porn alienating, and who are desperate to watch a more relatable set of "regular, fraternity brother-type guys" hit golfballs off their penthouse patio and blow thousands of dollars in clubs to distract themselves from the crackling homoerotic tension that informs their every interaction.
