Movie News: SNL 1975 - Sony’s Saturday Night Live behind-the-scenes retelling, started casting! UPDATE: New Trailer
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SNL 1975 Film Finds Its Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Garrett Morris
Dylan O'Brien, Cory Michael Smith, and Matt Wood join the cast.
BY MICHAEL CRIPE
UPDATED: JAN 30, 2024 8:23 PM
POSTED: JAN 30, 2024 7:50 PM
Sony’s Saturday Night Live behind-the-scenes retelling, SNL 1975, has tapped a group of actors to play some of the classic late show’s most iconic cast members.
Deadline reports that the Jason Reitman-directed movie has tapped Lamorne Morris (New Girl) to play Garrett Morris (no relation), Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) to play Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith (Transatlantic, Gotham) as Chevy Chase, and Matt Wood (SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical) as the late John Belushi. It’s a lineup of actors who aim to help reimagine one of the series’ most important nights.
SNL 1975: The Latest Cast Members
Morris, O’Brien, Smith, and Wood are joining a cast that’s quickly coming together. Other roles that have already been picked up for SNL 1975 include Gabriel LaBelle as SNL’s longtime leader Lorne Michaels, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, and Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster. Other cast members, as previously reported by Deadline, include Kim Matula, who is playing Jane Curtin, Ella Hunt, who will portray Gilda Radner, and Emily Fairn, who is set to play Laraine Newman.
The movie aims to give viewers a lens into the off-screen antics that took place the night of the real-life show’s first episode on October 11, 1975. Reitman and his collaborator Gil Kenan are handling the screenplay together, with both having done interviews with cast and crew members who were involved with SNL’s first episode. Although SNL is known for its rotating cast of comedians, it’s hard to deny the impact the initial batch had on comedic entertainment during and after their time on the show.
Reitman and Kenan are producing SNL 1975 alongside Jason Blumenfeld, Erica Mills, and Peter Rice. However, Reitman and Kenan have other obligations to carry out in the meantime. Both creatives are working on wrapping up their spiritual sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which is set to hit theaters March 22, 2024.
‘SNL 1975’ Finds Its Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase And John Belushi
EXCLUSIVE: Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Cory Michael Smith and Matt Wood have joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ SNL 1975, which will be directed by Jason Reitman and based on the real-life behind…
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See who's playing Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and more in SNL 1975
Young actors have also been cast as Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman in Jason Reitman's drama about the beginning of "Saturday Night Live."By Wesley Stenzel
Updated on January 30, 2024
See who's playing Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and more in 'SNL 1975'
See who's playing Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and more in 'SNL 1975,' Jason Reitman's drama about the beginning of 'Saturday Night Live.'
Live from New York... it's the story of the very first Saturday Night Live.
Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) is directing SNL 1975, a film that chronicles the tense behind-the-scenes drama leading up to the first-ever SNL broadcast on Oct. 11, 1975. Reitman is co-writing the screenplay with frequent collaborator Gil Kenan based on interviews with the cast and crew of SNL's first year on the air.
Original 'Saturday Night Live' cast members.
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So far, the project has cast young actors to portray some of the most memorable Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players, including Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman, as well as behind-the-scenes figures like Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. Here's who's playing who in SNL 1975.
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Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels
Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels.
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Gabriel LaBelle is set to play Lorne Michaels, the co-creator and perennial top dog at SNL. LaBelle previously broke out playing a fictionalized version of young Steven Spielberg in 2022's The Fabelmans. LaBelle is only 21 years old, whereas Michaels was about 31 when SNL first hit the airwaves.
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Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase
Cory Michael Smith, Chevy Chase.
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Cory Michael Smith will portray Chevy Chase, the breakout star of SNL's first season (and original "Weekend Update" anchor) who quickly left the show to pursue a movie career. Smith played the Riddler on Gotham for five seasons, and recently appeared as Julianne Moore's son in May December.
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Matt Wood as John Belushi
Matt Wood, John Belushi.
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Matt Wood will play the late John Belushi, the cast member known for bringing live-wire energy to characters like Jake Blues, Samurai Futaba, Pete Dionisopoulos, James T. Kirk, and Henry Kissinger. Wood has primarily worked on stage in shows like Spongebob Squarepants and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, though he's also appeared in episodes of TV series like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Difficult People.
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Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner
Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner.
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English actress Ella Hunt will star as the late Gilda Radner, the legendary cast member behind characters like Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella, and Baba Wawa who won an Emmy in 1978. Hunt played Sue Gilbert in Dickinson opposite Hailee Steinfeld on Apple TV+, and will next appear in Kevin Costner's four-part epic Western Horizon: An American Saga.
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Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd
Dylan O'Brien, Dan Aykroyd.
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Dylan O'Brien will play Dan Aykroyd, the Conehead/Blues Brother and skilled impersonator who did impressions of Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Julia Child, and many more on the show. O'Brien starred in Teen Wolf and the Maze Runner trilogy, as well as movies like Deepwater Horizon, Love and Monsters, and Bumblebee.
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Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris
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Lamorne Morris is set to portray Garrett Morris, SNL's first Black cast member, best known for characters like Chico Escuela and the "News for the Hard of Hearing" translator as well as his musical performances. The younger Morris (no relation) played fan-favorite Winston on New Girl, and recently appeared in season five of Fargo.
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Kim Matula as Jane Curtin
Kim Matula as Jane Curtin.
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Kim Matula will play Jane Curtin, the beloved cast member who specialized in straight-woman performances and the matriarch of the Coneheads. Matula appeared in projects like LA to Vegas, UnReal, and Fighting WIth My Family. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2014 for her work on The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman
Emily Fairn / Laraine Newman.
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Emily Fairn will play Laraine Newman, the performer known for characters like Christie Christina, Connie Conehead, and Valley girl Sherry. Fairn appeared in last year's "Demon 79" episode of Black Mirror, as well as British series like The Responder and COBRA. She also starred alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in the recent West End production of Brokeback Mountain.
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Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster
Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster.
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Rachel Sennott is set to portray Rosie Shuster, the longtime SNL writer who was married to Lorne Michaels in the 1970s. Sennott made waves in comedies like Shiva Baby and Bodies, Bodies, Bodies before starring in (and co-writing!) last year's buzzy Bottoms.
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Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol
Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol.
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Cooper Hoffman will play Dick Ebersol, the former NBC executive who helped launch SNL and later produced the Olympic telecasts for NBC Sports. Hoffman, the son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, made his film debut as the young hustler Gary Valentine in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza in 2022.
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