SNL 1975 has cast four more of its major players. The upcoming biopic, which is being directed by Jason Reitman, is a dramatization of the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of the first episode of Saturday Night Live, the long-running Lorne Michaels-created sketch show that is still on the air and has made careers for many of comedy’s biggest stars. The movie’s cast already includes Gabriel LaBelle as Michaels, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, and Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster.
Per Deadline, SNL 1975 has added four new cast members as major stars from season 1 of the show. These new additions are Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, and Matt Wood as John Belushi. Though they share a last name, Lamorne and Garrett Morris are not directly related.
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Saturday Night Live
The longest-running sketch-comedy/satire show on television, premiering in 1975, Saturday Night Live is a weekly series that features new hosts for each episode, with a core cast of actors and comedians that rotate over time. Episodes feature several skits that are sometimes ad-libbed on the fly, with the hosts engaging in most of them, and also provide musical guest performances that cap off each night.
- Release Date
- October 11, 1975
- Seasons
- 48
- Franchise
- snl
- Writers
- Colin Jost
- Network
- NBC
- Streaming Service(s)
- Peacock
- Directors
- Lorne Michaels
- Showrunner
- Lorne Michaels
