Jason Reitman, director of Juno and Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has set a new title and release date for his Saturday Night Live movie.
Jason Reitman’s movie about the first episode of “Saturday Night Live,” previously referred to as “SNL 1975,” has a new title and a release date. Sony Pictures will release “Saturday Night,” co-written by Reitman and his current “Ghostbusters” collaborator Gil Kenan and directed by Reitman, on October 11. October 11 not only places the movie firmly in the fall awards corridor but it is also the date that “Saturday Night Live” was first broadcast, back in 1975.
“Saturday Night” is, according to the official synopsis, “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.
