Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ movie ‘SNL 1975’: Here’s the cast so far and who they’re playing

Christopher Rosen
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Live, from New York, it’s… filmmaker Jason Reitman’s new feature about the launch of “Saturday Night Live.” 

Co-written by Reitman and his frequent collaborator Gil Kenan and directed by Reitman, “SNL 1975” will dramatize the events of October 11, 1975, when the venerable sketch comedy series debuted on television. According to Deadline, which has broken numerous stories about the forthcoming film, “SNL 1975” tells “the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s ‘SNL.’ It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real-time to the [famous] words, ‘Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!’”

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Reitman and Kenan based their screenplay on an “extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and Kenan with all the living cast members, writers, and crew.” The project will start production soon, with its release date and distributor presently unknown. (Notably, “Saturday Night Live” will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year.)

Below, find everyone who has been cast in the film thus far and who they’re playing in Reitman’s film.

Gabriel LaBelle (“The Fabelmans”) as “SNL” creator and producer Lorne Michaels.

Rachel Sennott (“Bottoms”) as “SNL” writer and Michaels’ wife, Rosie Schuster.

Cooper Hoffman (“Licorice Pizza”) as NBC executive and future “Saturday Night Live” executive producer Dick Ebersol.

Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf,” “The Maze Runner”) as “SNL” cast member Dan Aykroyd.

Cory Michael Smith (“May December”) as “SNL” cast member Chevy Chase.

Matt Wood (“SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical”) as “SNL” cast member John Belushi.

Lamorne Morris (“New Girl,” “Fargo” Season 5) as “SNL” cast member Garrett Morris.

Ella Hunt (“Dickinson”) as “SNL” cast member Gilda Radner.

Emily Fairn (“Mary & George”) as “SNL” cast member Lorraine Newman.

Kim Matula (“UnREAL”) as “SNL” cast member Jane Curtin.

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