Jason Reitman’s untitled SNL 1975 project has been titled "Saturday Night" and will be released in theaters on October 11 via Columbia Pictures.
The movie is based on the real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening episode of "Saturday Night Live".
Reitman is directing the pic for Sony Pictures from a script he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. The screenplay is based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and Kenan with all the living cast members, writers, and crew.
Reitman, Kenan, Jason Blumenfeld, Erica Mills and Peter Rice are producing. EPs are Erica Mills and JoAnn Perritano.
On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever.
"SNL 1975" is the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s SNL.
It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”.
The ensemble cast includes Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson, Finn Wolfhard as NBC Page, Jon Batiste as Billy Preston, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Andrew Barth Feldman as Neil Levy, Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian, Willem Dafoe as David Tebet, J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle, and Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Matt Wood as John Belushi, among others.
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