According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO is close to capping a deal with 'Entourage' executive producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson to bring a new show to the premium cable network.

The project, written by newcomer Leah Rachel, who developed the concept with her partner, Emily Montague, focuses on a group of "female friends working and finding romance in Los Angeles."

But while the premise sounds almost exactly like a female version of what's been going down with Vinnie Chase and his, well, entourage for the last seven seasons, the Reporter cites a source who maintains that the script will be less "Hollywood-centric."





So, maybe it's more like 'Sex and the City' in Los Angeles. (Which, as far as we've been able to tell, is what 'Entourage' has always been -- just with guys. Just sayin'.)

Meanwhile, HBO is gung-ho for comedies and it has two biggies in development: 'Tilda,' about a Hollywood blogger (which some say is based on the real-life power-blogger, Nikke Fink) and 'Taxi 0-22,' based on the French-Canadian hit show about an Archie Bunker-esque cabbie, which producer James Gandolfini may (or may not) star in.