Saturday NightTrailer Rewinds to 1975 for Uncanny Look atSNL's Chevy Chase, John Belushi and More

Mar. 15, 2025

Live from New York, it’sSaturday Night!

On Aug. 8, the first trailer debuted for the movie about the 90 minutes that preceded the first-ever episode ofSaturday Night Liveon Oct. 11, 1975.

Exactly 49 years after the now-iconic sketch comedy series first aired on NBC, directorJason Reitman(Ghostbusters: Afterlife) is taking audiences behind the scenes of how the series' creatorLorne Michaelsand its original cast and collaborators came together to put the series premiere before the clock rang 11:30.

Kim Matula, Emily Fairn, Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott and Matt Wood in Saturday Night.Hopper Stone

Hopper Stone

“At 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television — and culture — forever,” a synopsis for the movie reads.

“Saturday Nightis based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast ofSaturday Night Live. Full of humor, chaos and the magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, we count down the minutes in real time until we hear those famous words….”

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The cast includes:Dylan O’BrienasDan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith asChevy Chase,Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, and Matt Wood asJohn Belushi.

Poster for ‘Saturday Night’.SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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The ensemble also features LaBelle as Michaels, now 79, Nicholas Podany asBilly Crystal,Nicholas BraunasJim Henson,Kaia Gerberas Jacqueline Carlin,Rachel Sennottas Rosie Shuster,Cooper Hoffmanas Dick Ebersol,Jon Batisteas musician Billy Preston,Willem Dafoeas David Tebet, andJ.K. Simmonsas Milton Berle.Finn Wolfhardalso appears in the movie as an NBC page; the cast also includes Andewe Barth Feldman, Tommy Dewey and Matthew Rhys.

Reitman cowrote the film with hisGhostbusterssequel writing partner and co-producer Gil Kenan. The movie’s release comes just after the the start ofSNL’s 50th season, which the show will celebrate with a three-hour special set to air Feb. 16, 2025, the networkannouncedin May.

Saturday Nightis in theaters Oct. 11.

source: people.com