The official trailer for “Saturday Night,” the feature film adaptation about a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers who changed television – and culture – forever, has been released. The film tells the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live.”
Some familiar faces appearing in the film include Kim Matula, best known for her portrayal as Hope Logan on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” playing Weekend Update reporter Jane Curtin, “Teen Wolf” star Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner and Matthew Rhys as George Carlin. Nicholas Braun plays a double role as Jim Henson and Andy Kaufman, Cory Michael Smith is Chevy Chase, Matt Wood takes on the role of John Belushi, and finally, Gabriel LaBelle plays the show’s executive producer and creator, Lorne Michaels.
Directed by Jason Reitman with a script written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, the “Saturday Night” cast also includes Rachel Sennott, Emily Fairn, Lamorne Morris, Finn Wolfhrd, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey and Willem Dafoe. Rounding out the main cast are Jon Batiste and Naomi McPherson.
Check out the film’s trailer below.
Producers of the film include Reitman and Kenan, alongside Jason Blumenfeld and Peter Rice. Erica Mills and JoAnn Perritano are executive producers.
“Saturday Night” is set for release exclusively in movie theatres on October 11, which also happens to mark 49 years to the day since the show originally premiered on NBC in 1975.
Check out the film’s official poster below.
