Saturday Night Trailer: SNL’s First-Ever Taping Is a Late-Night Mess in Upcoming Movie — Watch

Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is giving us our first look at the upcoming film Saturday Night (fka SNL 1975), writer/director Jason Reitman’s (Juno, Up in the Air) movie about Saturday Night Live‘s first-ever taping.

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The film takes place on Oct. 11, 1975 — and, fittingly, releases in theaters on Oct. 11, 2024 — when “a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever,” per the official synopsis. “This is the true story of what happened that night behind the scenes in the moments leading up to the first SNL broadcast, retelling chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, ‘Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!'”

The iconic inaugural SNL cast will be brought to life by Cory Michael Smith (as Chevy Chase), Ella Hunt (as Gilda Radner), Dylan O’Brien (as Dan Aykroyd), Matt Wood (as John Belushi), Kim Matula (as Jane Curtin), Lamorne Morris (as Garrett Morris) and Emily Fairn (as Laraine Newman), with Gabriel LaBelle playing longtime SNL boss Lorne Michaels.

In addition to the trailer above, Sony has also released two first-look snapshots from the film, which you can view below. Then, hit the comments and tell us: How does Saturday Night look to you?

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

(L-R): Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Matt Wood as John Belushi and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd

(L-R): Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster and Matt Wood as John Belushi

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