To kick off the 50th anniversary season of “Saturday Night Live,” here comes a movie.
Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” is all about the first episode of “SNL” in the fall of 1975.
The ensemble cast making up the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” are not unknowns, but they’re all young and newish to movies.
Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, and JK Simmons are the most recognizable names, playing executives.
The movie will be released on October 11th, which might be the night before the “SNL” Premiere on NBC.
No one knew what to call this movie, I guess. “Saturday Night’ was actually the original name of the TV show because there was already a “Saturday Night Live” on ABC with Howard Cosell.
