Jason Reitman’s Untitled SNL 1975 project has officially been titled Saturday Night and will be released in theaters on Oct. 11 this year 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 world premiered his Gary Hart movie, The Front Runner, starring Hugh Jackman at TIFF.
October 11 is the same date the legendary NBC comedy show was first ever broadcast, which will be launching its 50th season this fall.
The murderers’ row ensemble cast includes Gabriel LaBelle (Lorne Michaels), Dylan O’Brien (Dan Akroyd), 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 Radnor), Cooper Hoffman (Dick Ebersol), Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy), Naomi McPherson (Janis Ian), Willem Defoe (David Tebet), J.K. Simmons (Milton Berle), Kaia Gerber (Jacqueline Carlin), among others.
Pic is produced by Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Reitman and Gil Kenan. EPs are Erica Mills and JoAnn Perritano.
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