The Story Of SNL’s First Show Previewed In Trailer For Saturday Night

Jason Reitman’s next film Saturday Night tells the story of the chaotic first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, and the first trailer is online. Sony Pictures released the trailer on Thursday for the upcoming film, and you can check it out below.

The film is directed by Reitman from a script he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. It stars Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson, Finn Wolfhard as an NBC page, Jon Batiste as Billy Preston, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radnor, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Andrew Barth Feldman as Neil Levy, Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian, Willem Dafoe as David Tebet, J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle and Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin.

Releasing on Octoberr 11th, the film is described as follows:

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television – and culture – forever. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Gil Kenan & Reitman, Saturday Night is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday 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…