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Jason Reitman's Saturday Night is certainly ambitious in trying to capture the chaos surrounding the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975 The biopic chronicles the struggles of creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he tries to organize the series with comedic unknowns and several creative challenges by NBC along the way Co-written by[...]

When writer and director Jason Reitman was tasked to capture the magic and chaos of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live in Sony's upcoming biopic Saturday Night, he embraced the challenge not only finding a talented ensemble to replicate not only creator Lorne Michaels with Gabriel LaBelle, but the legendary original cast members with[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live set to kick off its milestone 50th season later this month, we've got some updates to pass along regarding director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan's Saturday Night Taking us back nearly 50 years to the final moments when NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series went from being a dream to[...]

In slightly more than a month, director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan will take us back nearly 50 years to the final moments when NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series Saturday Night Live went from being a dream to becoming a reality Earlier today, a mini-teaser was released that does an excellent job of[...]

With NBC's Saturday Night Live celebrating its 50th season beginning next month, we already know of two big ways that the milestone is being celebrated Looking ahead to February 2025, SNL fans can look forward to a weekend-long tribute culminating in a live prime-time event on Sunday night But four months before all of that[...]

With this fall kicking off the milestone 50th season of NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series, Director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan are taking us back to October 11, 1975, in Sony Pictures' upcoming film Saturday Night Based on Reitman and Kenan's interviews with the living cast, writers, and crew about the launch of[...]