Jason Reitman'sSNLmovieSaturday Nightwill release exactly 49 years after the show's first episode

'Saturday Night,' the 'Saturday Night Live' biopic directed by Jason Reitman, will hit theaters on Oct. 11, 2024, exactly 49 years after 'SNL' premiered its first episode. Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cooper Hoffman, Kaia Gerber, and Willem Dafoe lead the ensemble cast.

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Lauren Garcia

The biopic will hit theaters Oct. 11, 2024.

Live from New York… its a title and release date for the highly anticipatedSaturday Night Livebiopic.

Jason ReitmansSNLmovie, which had tentatively been titledSNL 1975, will officially be calledSaturday Night.

Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Michael O’Donoghue, (middle, l-r) Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, (front) Garrett Morris, circa 1975.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – Season 1 – Pictured: (back, l-r) Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Michael O’Donoghue, (middle, l-r) Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, (front) Garrett Morris, circa 1975. (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images).NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

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