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First Saturday Night Live Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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First Saturday Night Live

Director: Jason Reitman

Starring: Willem Dafoe

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Development
Production Progress
Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

May 14, 2023

Plot

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Plot
A film based on the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” on October 11, 1975.
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The film's director Jason Reitman last directed Saturday Night and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film's writer Gil Kenan last wrote Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Producers
Jason Blumenfeld
Erica Mills
Jason Reitman
Peter Rice
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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Willem Dafoe will play David Tebet, who was VP Talent Relations at NBC when SNL launched (4/21/2024).
  • The film's script was based on of interviews with living cast, writers and crew members from the original production (5/14/2023).

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Tagline
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Also known as
SNL 1975

Language
English

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First Saturday Night Live is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,454 other movies coming out on the same date, including Sesame Street, The Nightingale and The Rosie Project.

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