Yahoo Lifestyle “Saturday Night” Trailer Rewinds to 1975 for Uncanny Look at “SNL”'s Chevy Chase, John Belushi and More
'Saturday Night' is in theaters Oct. 11, exactly 49 years after 'Saturday Night Live' first aired on NBC
Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!
On Aug. 8, the first trailer debuted for the movie about the 90 minutes that preceded the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 11, 1975.
Exactly 49 years after the now-iconic sketch comedy series first aired on NBC, director Jason Reitman (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) is taking audiences behind the scenes of how the series' creator Lorne Michaels and its original cast and collaborators came together to put the series premiere before the clock rang 11:30.
The trailer showcases a young Michaels, played by The Fabelmans' Gabrielle LaBelle, as he tries to place the finishing touches on a live television variety comedy show starring a group of unknown performers that was not guaranteed any success.
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Kim Matula, Emily Fairn, Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott and Matt Wood in Saturday Night"At 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television — and culture — forever," a synopsis for the movie reads.
"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…."
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The cast includes: Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, and Matt Wood as John Belushi.
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Poster for 'Saturday Night'The ensemble also features LaBelle as Michaels, now 79, Nicholas Podany as Billy Crystal, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson, Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Jon Batiste as musician Billy Preston, Willem Dafoe as David Tebet, and J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle. Finn Wolfhard also appears in the movie as an NBC page; the cast also includes Andewe Barth Feldman, Tommy Dewey and Matthew Rhys.
Reitman cowrote the film with his Ghostbusters sequel writing partner and co-producer Gil Kenan. The movie's release comes just after the the start of SNL's 50th season, which the show will celebrate with a three-hour special set to air Feb. 16, 2025, the network announced in May.
Saturday Night is in theaters Oct. 11.
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