Jason Reitman’s Untitled SNL 1975 project has been titled Saturday Night and will be released in theaters on October 11 via Columbia Pictures.
Don’t be surprised if this movie makes it way to TIFF. Sony always has a presence at the Great White North film festival, not to mention Reitman’s Gary Hart movie The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman at screened at Toronto in 2018 just after its world premiere at Telluride.
October 11 is the same date of the legendary NBC comedy show’s first-ever broadcast in 1975. The late-night staple will launch its 50th season this fall.
The murderer’s row ensemble cast includes Gabriel LaBelle (as Lorne Michaels), Dylan O’Brien (Dan Aykroyd), Cory Michael Smith (Chevy Chase), Rachel Sennott (Rosie Shuster), Lamorne Morris (Garrett Morris), Nicholas Braun (Jim Henson), Finn Wolfhard (NBC page), Jon Batiste (Billy Preston), Ella Hunt (Gilda Radner), Cooper Hoffman (Dick Ebersol), Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy), Naomi McPherson (Janis Ian), Willem Dafoe (David Tebet), J.K. Simmons (Milton Berle) and Kaia Gerber (Jacqueline Carlin), among others.
Directed by Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, the film is based on a true story and follows the humor, chaos and magic of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
The pic is produced by Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Reitman and Kenan. EPs are Erica Mills and JoAnn Perritano.
Kenan directed and Reitman and Kenan produced and wrote Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which was released in March and made $113.3M domestic and $201.8M at the global box office.