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Emily Lencoski of Shickshinny and Shawn Kingsbury of Benton hold out their tickets for the 7:30 showing of Entourage at Movies 14 in wilkes-Barre. A

Amanda Hrycyna|For Times Leader

Royce Tucker, Michael Phillips and Chris Stavens after purchasing tickets to see the 7:00 p.m. showing of “Entourage” at R/C Movies 14 in Wilkes-Barre.

Samantha Miller after purchasing a ticket to see Ari Gold and the rest of the boys at R/C Movies 14 in Wilkes-Barre.

The boys of “Entourage” are back — and their larger-than-life lifestyle is bigger than ever as Vinnie, “E,” Drama, Turtle and Ari Gold move from your living room to the big screen at your local movie theater.

For eight seasons, audiences had fun living vicariously through on-the-rise movie star Vincent Chase as he dated Mandy Moore, borrowed Jessica Alba’s beach house and partied with Bob Saget — among other adventures. They more than likely cringed as Ari Gold yelled at his assistant, Lloyd, and laughed as Drama seriously considered calf implants.

Four years after the show came to a close, the adventure to dominate Hollywood is back on. Gold is now a studio-head and the pressure is intense as Chase insists on directing his first feature film.

“It’ll work out. It always does,” said Chase in a preview for the film. But will it?

We visited three theaters on the movie’s June 3 opening day — R/C Movies 14 in Wilkes-Barre, Cinemark in Moosic and Regal Cinema in Dickson City — to see how real the excitement was for movie-goers around Northeastern Pennsylvania.

At Cinemark, Kody Pasqualichio of Clarks Summit was pumped and ready to see where the cast left off.

Mary Jo, Pasqualichio’s mom, said her son got her and her husband hooked on the show. “We had to watch the rest of the seasons in a hurry so we would be ready for the movie,” she said.

Pasqualichio watched the “Entourage” series throughout his college days and loved how he and his friends could actually relate to the bond between the boys.

“I also loved all the different cameos in the show,” he said. “It was definitely geared towards guys my age, which is funny because the writer is a girl.” Ally Musika was a writer and executive producer of the series who was said to have written “every other word” of the script by creator Doug Ellin.

His dad, Pat, believes the show and the movie speaks to both men and women.

“The girls watch it for the guys, and the guys watch it for the girls the guys get,” he laughed.

Juan Huertero of Wilkes-Barre came to the 5:10 showing at Moosic with a different mindset than the Pasqualichios.

“I actually had never heard of the movie or the show,” he said. “I am not even sure what it is about, but I am here seeing it with my friends.”

When told it was like the “Sex and the City” for guys, Huertero said he was now looking forward to watching it.

Royce Tucker, Michael Phillips and Chris Stavens, all originally from out of town but now residing in Wilkes-Barre, came to R/C Movies 14 in downtown Wilkes-Barre to see the 7 p.m. showing of “Entourage.”

“Huge fan of the show,” Tucker said. “Followed it since its inception. Didn’t even know there was a movie coming out until this year. Once we saw that we were like, ‘oh, yeah, gotta see it!’”

“I watched the show and then I saw the preview for the movie and it was one of the better previews I’ve seen all year,” Phillips added.

Stavens wasn’t familiar with the series, but he trusted his friends.

“I’m coming because they said it was good,” Stavens said.

Samantha Miller, from Exeter, said that she’s seen the whole series several times. She said that she’s expecting a lot of her favorite character, Ari Gold, along with a movie on par with the quality of the television series.

“I’ve heard that it’s kind of the same as the show—if that’s the same thing that’s fine with me. They left it off with a cliffhanger so you knew it was coming. For it to finally come out, it’s pretty exciting.”

“I have been waiting for this movie,” he said. “I am so excited to see the characters again, especially, Ari Gold. They are all good, but his humor is the best.”

By 7:30 p.m., audiences at Regal Cinema are ready to catch up with the most trill entourage since the Rat Pack. Dominic Rinaldi of Pittston smiles from ear to ear as he passes the movie’s poster that boldly encourages attendees to dream large and live larger.

Rinaldi admits he didn’t watch the show religiously during its 2004-2011 run, but says he caught a few episodes from time to time.

“I stopped watching it because I got busy,” Rinaldi said. “When I saw the preview a couple months ago, it made me want to catch up on the entire show. I binge-watched the show like crazy, and now I’m really looking forward to seeing it.”

For Derek Stritmatter of Throop, “Entourage” is a reminder of brotherhood. “My entire fraternity house would gather in the chapter room to watch this show,” Stitmatter said. “Everyone argued over who the Ari Gold of the house was. I miss Vincent Chase and the guys as much as I miss my own fraternity brothers. They were a family on the show; that’s how they make you feel when you watch the show.” Stritmatter added that going to see the movie has him feeling as if he is visiting family.

Stritmatter’s girlfriend, Jodi Sweeney of Archbald, said she was dragged to see the movie.

“I have no say in seeing this movie. I’d rather see ‘Aloha,’” Sweeney said while giving Stritmatter a cold stare.

Perhaps Stritmatter and Sweeney should make like Ari Gold and hug it out.