Coming Soon
New Trailer and Character Posters: Meet Actors Playing Iconic SNL Members
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- Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 16:49
Jason Reitman (JUNO, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE) revisits the tumultuous launch of Saturday Night Live in SATURDAY NIGHT which propelled the members into icons such as Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi. Meet the actors playing the SNL comedy ensemble with character posters and the new SATURDAY NIGHT trailer.
Lorne Michaels created Saturday Night Live, one of the longest-running sketch comedy and variety shows with a track record of making mega stars such as Eddie Murphy, Will Farrell, Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, just to name a few.
Director Jason Reitman goes behind the scenes in the making of the sketch show that was set up to fail as the trailer suggests. The film is inspired by the intense 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
SATURDAY NIGHT hits select theaters on September 27 and expands to a wider release on October 11, 2024.
SATURDAY NIGHT, the high-stakes comedy ensemble cast includes:
• Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster
• Gabriel LaBelle as the iconic Lorne Michaels
• Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris
• Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd
• Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner
• Cory Michaels as Chevy Chase
• ….and many more!
Synopsis
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos, and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words…
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Written by: Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman
Produced by: Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan
Executive Producers: Erica Mills, JoAnn Perritano
Cast (in order of appearance): Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons
Also rounding out the ensemble cast are Jon Batiste and Naomi McPherson.
