Cho Jin-woong, Seo Kang-joon and Lee Kwang-soo confirmed for 'Entourage', filming begins at the end of May
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tvN's new drama, "Entourage" will enter production at the end of May in full scale as the team came up with full casting including Cho Jin-woong, Seo Kang-joon, Lee Kwang-soo, Park Jung-min, Lee Dong-hwi and other actors.
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"Entourage" is a black comedy drama depicting the everyday life in the entertainment industry that Yeong-bin (Seo Kang-joon), who is an emerging star actor, his friends, Ho-jin (Park Jung-min), Joon (Lee Kwang-soo), Turtle (Lee Dong-hwi) and a management company CEO, Eun-gap (Cho Jin-woong) get to experience daily.
This is world's first ever remake of the popular original TV series, Entourage by HBO, of which eight seasons were aired from 2011 to 2014 in US. To pursuit the perfect quality of the drama, the production will be complete based on 100% pre-filming system.
Cho Jin-woong will play Kim Eun-gap, CEO of a large management company overseeing a group of stars including Cha Yeong-bin. Seo Kang-joon will play actor Cha Yeong-bin, who has become a superstar sweeping dramas, movies and commercials in four years since he debuted.
Lee Kwang-soo will play actor Cha Joon, who gained popularity in 90s that only lasted briefly and whose fame has faded away now. Park Jung-min will play Lee Ho-jin, who is Cha Yeong-bin's best friend and also his manager. Lee Dong-hwi will play 'Turtle', a happy-go-lucky friend among the three friends, who is always optimistic, cheerful and goofy.
"Entourage" chief producer Kim Yeong-gyu says, "A long time has passed since we decided to produce the remake. It was not easy to adapt the movie to fit Korean emotions and culture while we want to keep all the good parts of the original series. We plan to present exceptional and unprecedented fun that drama fans haven't seen from other dramas. In terms of directing, we are preparing new experiments. Please keep your interest with us".
The drama is slated for the second half of this year and it will enter production at the end of May.