SATURDAY NIGHT is a 2024 biographical comedy thriller film directed by Jason Reitman from a script he co-wrote with Gil Kenan, both also co-producing it alongside Jason Blumenfeld and Peter Rice. Set in 1975, its plot chronicles the events leading to the premiere of NBC's Saturday Night, later known as Saturday Night Live.
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…
The cast that includes Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J. K. Simmons, Jon Batiste, and Naomi McPherson.
SATURDAY NIGHT is set to debut in theaters October 11th, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.