First Look Photos for Director Jason Reitman's 1975-Set SNL Movie SATURDAY NIGHT
Thanks to Vanity Fair, we have our first look at director Jason Reitman’s upcoming 1975-set Saturday Night Live movie titled Saturday Night.
The movie is describes as a “thriller-comedy” that counts down to the very first “Live from New York…” The movie plays out in real time over the course of 90s minutes. and it’s a story filled with comedy and intensity.
SNL premiered on October 11th, 1975 and this film “is the true story of what happened that night behind the scenes in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of SNL.
“The chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, as we count down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, Live From New York, it’s Saturday Night.”
Reitman and Gil Kenan wrote the script after conducting interviews with all living cast, writers, and crew of SNL.
It’s explained that every effort was made to keep things as close to the genuine article as possible. Reitman said: "We interviewed everyone we could find that was alive from opening night.
“Every living cast member, every living writer, people from the art department, costumes, hair and makeup, NBC pages, members of Billy Preston's band—I mean, anyone we could find."
The movie stars Dylan O'Brien, Lamorne Morris, Emily Fair, Cory Michael Smith, Matt Wood, Ella Hunt, and Kim Matula. They're all playing iconic comedians such as John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Chevy Chase, Laraine Newman and Jane Curtin.
Gabriel LaBelle (The Fablemans, Snack Shack) will be playing creator Lorne Michaels. Reitman says: “We meet Lorne as he's still forming.
“He is a genius, and he has a vision beyond anyone else there—and anyone his age. It's a lot for an actor to carry. In this movie, everyone gets to kind of screw around except for Gabe, who has to be the metronome."
Other cast members include J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) as comedian Milton Berle, Billy Bryk (Friendship), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things) as Weekend Update co-creator Herb Sargent, Taylor Gray (Star Wars: Rebels) and Mcabe Gregg (Teenage Badass) as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the SNL writer-performers of duo Franken & Davis.
I’m looking forward to this movie!
