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SNL 1975 is an upcoming American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan, with both also co-producing it alongside Jason Blumenfeld and Peter Rice. The film stars Gabriel LaBelle, Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, Kim Matula, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O'Brien, Cory Michael Smith, and newcomer Matt Wood. SNL 1975 is set to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing. Premise Set in 1975, the film chronicles the events leading to the premiere of NBC's Saturday Night, later known as Saturday Night Live. Cast Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman Kim Matula as Jane Curtin Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase Matt Wood as John Belushi Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson Tommy Dewey as Michael O'Donoghue Nicholas Podany as Billy Crystal Andrew Barth Feldman as Neil Levy Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin Ellen Boscov as Mrs. Kaufman Finn Wolfhard J. K. Simmons as Milton Berle Billy Bryk Joe Chrest as Herb Sargent Taylor Gray as Al Franken Mcabe Gregg as Tom Davis Jon Batiste as Billy Preston Willem Dafoe as David Tebet Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian Production It was announced in May 2023 that Jason Reitman would be directing, co-writing, and producing a film about the creation of the series Saturday Night Live for Sony Pictures. He, alongside his Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) collaborator Gil Kenan, conducted interviews with the living cast and crew of the premiere season in order to better develop the screenplay. In January 2024, Gabriel LaBelle was cast to portray Lorne Michaels, with Cooper Hoffman, Rachel Sennott, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, Kim Matula, Dylan O'Brien, Lamorne Morris, Cory Michael Smith, and Matt Wood cast as Dick Ebersol, Rosie Shuster, Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and John Belushi respectively. Nicholas Braun, Tommy Dewey and Nicholas Podany were added in March to portray Jim Henson, Michael O'Donoghue and Billy Crystal respectively. Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Finn Wolfhard, J. K. Simmons, Billy Bryk, Joe Chrest, Taylor Gray, Mcabe Gregg and Willem Dafoe joined the cast later that month. Jon Batiste, who was hired to compose the score for the film, will also appear as Billy Preston. In April, Naomi McPherson of the band Muna was cast to portray Janis Ian. Principal photography began in March 2024, in Atlanta and Fayetteville, Georgia as locations, under the working title Wolverines. Scenes were shot outside of Rockefeller Plaza on the weekend of March 9-10. References External links SNL 1975 at IMDb . Discover the Preston Hoffman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Preston Hoffman books.