https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-fablemans-gabriel-labelle-lorne-michaels-snl-1975-cooper-hoffman-rachel-sennott-1235797505/

The film written by Reitman and Gil Kenan will tell the story of the Oct. 11, 1975 launch of Saturday Night Live. LaBelle will play SNL creator Lorne Michaels. Cooper Hoffman will take on the role of Dick Ebersol, then NBC's director of weekend late-night programming who hired Michaels and helped develop SNL. Rachel Sennott will play SNL writer Rosie Shuster, who was married to Michaels at the time and who wrote some of the show's most iconic sketches.

SNL 1975 movie casts Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and John Belushi actors (https://deadline.com/2024/01/snl-1975-garrett-morris-dan-aykroyd-chevy-chase-john-belushi-1235808188/)

Jason Reitman's film dramatizing the launch of Saturday Night Live has cast Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd,, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase and Matt Wood as John Belushi.

Yes, I saw that too. I'm not sure what I think of it.

'SNL 1975' Casts a 'Succession' Star as Jim Henson (https://collider.com/snl-1975-cast-nicholas-braun-jim-henson/)

The upcoming movie has also found its young Michael O’Donoghue and Billy Crystal.

Check out SNL 1975's Lorne Michaels (https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1767294714871726576)

Jason Reitman’s movie about the launch of Saturday Night Live has begun filming, with Gabriel LaBelle in the lead (https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-fablemans-gabriel-labelle-lorne-michaels-snl-1975-cooper-hoffman-rachel-sennott-1235797505/) as show creator Lorne Michaels. ALSO: Kaia Gerber, Finn Wolfhard and Andrew Barth Feldman join SNL 1975 (https://deadline.com/2024/03/snl-1975-movie-andrew-barth-feldman-kaia-gerber-finn-wolfhard-1235856070/).

'SNL 1975' Adds J.K. Simmons and Another 'Stranger Things' Alum to Star-Studded Cast (https://collider.com/snl-1975-cast-jk-simmons/)

Simmons joins Nicholas Braun, Dylan O'Brien, and Finn Wolfhard in Jason Reitman's movie about the opening night of 'Saturday Night Live.'

'SNL 1975' Casts Jon Batiste as 'Saturday Night Live's First Musical Guest (https://collider.com/snl-1975-cast-jon-batiste/)

Batiste will portray SNL's first-ever musical guest, Billy Preston, and will also compose the score for the movie.

'SNL 1975' Adds Willem Dafoe to All-Star Ensemble (https://collider.com/willem-dafoe-cast-snl-1975/)

Dafoe will play NBC publicist David Tebet in the Jason Reitman comedy.

Jason Reitman’s "SNL" Movie Gets Title & Fall Release Date
by Anthony D'Alessandro
July 30, 2024


Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975 project has been titled Saturday Night and will be released in theaters on October 11 via Columbia Pictures.

October 11 is the same date of the legendary NBC comedy show’s first-ever broadcast in 1975.

https://deadline.com/2024/07/snl-movie-jason-reitman-release-date-1236027230/

theatres? I wonder how long it will take for it to be streaming.

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John Mulaney enlists Seth Meyers in roast of Jason Reitman's SNL movie (https://www.cracked.com/article_43193_john-mulaney-roasts-new-saturday-night-movie.html)

“The stakes! The stakes are high!” Mulaney joked on Late Night of Reitman's film Saturday Night on the 1975 launch of Saturday Night Live. ALSO: Lamorne Morris found filming Saturday Night to be chaotic (https://latenighter.com/news/lamorne-morris-saturday-night-movie/).

Bill Murray introduced Jason Reitman SNL film Saturday Night at the Telluride Film Festival (https://deadline.com/2024/08/saturday-night-live-movie-video-jason-reitman-bill-murray-telluride-film-festival-1236075064/)

Murray, who joined Saturday Night Live with its second season, was a surprise guest for Saturday Night's premiere on Saturday night.

Jason Reitman's Saturday Night inadvertently makes the case for ending SNL (https://www.cracked.com/article_43561_saturday-night-is-an-snl-love-fest-but-also-makes-a-case-for-why-the-show-should-finally-end.html)

Well, he's not wrong. The world is different now then it was in 1975.

On the other hand, as we've discussed before many times, it's not a big risk for NBC to host the show - it's not going up against anything else at that time of night.

Saturday Night disrespects Gilda Radner (https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/snl-movie-saturday-night-shamefully-fails-gilda-radner)

The film fails to impress how integral Gilda Radner was to the launch of the sketch show. You'd certainly never know she was the first person to ...

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Saturday Night (2024) brings to life the behind-the-scenes chaos and creativity that shaped the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. This dramatized portrayal highlights the challenges and triumphs faced by the cast, crew, and creator Lorne Michaels as they launched what would become an iconic comedy institution. This video compares scenes from the film with real events and archival footage, analyzing how closely the movie captures the historic debut of SNL.