SNL 1975

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, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O'Brien, Andrew Barth Feldman, Finn Wolfhard, J.K. Simmons, and Willem Dafoe. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the events leading to the premiere of NBC's Saturday Night, later known as Saturday Night Live.

SNL 1975 is set to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing.

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. In June, it was reported that Leander Suleiman had been cast as writer Anne Beatts.

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.