First Trailer for Jason Reitman’s Tale of the Manic Debut of ‘Saturday Night’

Sony Pictures today released the first trailer for Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s venerable late night hit Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.

The film stars Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans) and SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Finn Wolfhard as an NBC page, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson and Andy Kaufman, Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys as George Carlin, and Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle.

The first broadcast of Saturday Night Live took place on Oct. 11, 1975. The episode was hosted by comedian George Carlin and featured musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O’Donoghue and Gilda Radner were all featured on the episode.

Saturday Night is directed by Reitman, written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, produced by Reitman, Kenan, Jason Blumenfeld and Peter Rice, and executive produced by Erica Mills and JoAnn Perritano.

Sony Pictures will release Saturday Night only in theaters on October 11, the anniversary of the very first episode of SNL, which kicks off its 50th season this fall.