Sony Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Jason Reitman’s SNL launch night project “Saturday Night” which will hit cinemas on October 11th. Reitman directs from a script co-written with Gil Kenan and based on a true story. The real-time film follows the behind-the-scenes events in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. The 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 & Andy Kaufman), Jon Batiste (Billy Preston), and Ella Hunt (Gilda Radnor). There’s also Cooper Hoffman (Dick Ebersol), Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy), Naomi McPherson (Janis Ian), Willem Dafoe (David Tebet), J.K. Simmons (Milton Berle), Kaia Gerber (Jacqueline Carlin), and Matthew Rhys (George Carlin) among others. Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Reitman and Gil Kenan produce the film which arrives as the show celebrates its 50th season this Fall. Reitman directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-trailer-jason-reitmans-saturday-night/
OMG something to look forward to! Would be interesting if they have nods to some HUGE bits like walking by and seeing a cowbell on the shelf and saying "WTF is that? Who would ever use a damned cowbell" and just walk away.... DD
