In taking on the role of Gilda Radner in Jason Reitman's film Saturday Night, British actress Ella Hunt was stepping into the shoes of a beloved U.S. treasure and a Saturday Night Live-verse she herself had not grown up with. In Saturday Night, Reitman details the hours approaching the very first…

Saturday Night director Jason Reitman and music composer Jon Batiste said at Deadline Contenders Film: Los Angeles that music is the “villain” of the Columbia Pictures film. Batiste said during Saturday’s panel that after several conversations with Reitman, “it became very clear” that Saturday Night’s…

After 25 years, Devon Sawa‘s biggest critics might be his own kids. Following reports that his 1999 teen cult classic Idle Hands is being reimagined by screenwriting duo Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk, with Jason Reitman producing, Sawa shared his son’s reaction to the news. “My 10 year old…

Jason Reitman was born into the movie business, almost literally: He has a photo being held as a baby on the set where his father Ivan Reitman was making National Lampoon’s Animal House. He has been on a clear path to join the family business ever since…

Cory Michael Smith had some big shoes to fill with his latest role. The Saturday Night actor recently opened up about the “terror” of mastering his portrayal of Chevy Chase and his “very compulsive” process to prepare for the film, which premiered Friday on the 49th anniversary of Saturday Night Live…

Saturday Night is now in theaters, and at least one person who was there has given his seal of approval. After seeing the Jason Reitman-helmed film about the 90 minutes before the first Saturday Night Live broadcast in 1975, OG cast member Dan Aykroyd took to social media with a rave review on…

"What is the show?" That's what a nervous NBC kept asking about its newly conceived Saturday Night Live 50 years ago. Its young producer, Lorne Michaels, never answered. Nor is he likely to now: Saturday Night, a movie about his show, opens wide this week and Michaels says he hasn't found time to see…

For his latest nonfiction role, Gabriel LaBelle had a rare peek inside his character’s world. The Saturday Night star recently recalled his visit to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where he saw a Saturday Night Live taping and met creator Lorne Michaels while portraying him in the film, which premieres…

Dylan O’Brien is keeping a pretty cool head after undertaking his latest role. The Saturday Night actor said he “can’t wait” to meet Dan Aykroyd following his portrayal of the Saturday Night Live alum in the upcoming Jason Reitman-helmed film, which premieres nationwide on Oct. 11, the 49th…

In a career that began with the lauded satire Thank You For Smoking and has drawn four Oscar noms for films that include Juno and Up in the Air, Jason Reitman managed the neat trick by creating his own niche, and coming out from under the considerable shadow cast by his iconic director dad Ivan Reitman…

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman became the newest member of the National Assocation of Theatre Owners last night on the Sony lot as part of the exhibitor trade org’s opening festivities for their 2024 Fall Summit. Reitman, who is leading the charge to renovate and manage…

TIFF isn’t a festival known for its standing ovations, but it’s arguable that tonight’s Canadian premiere of Sony’s behind-the-scenes SNL movie Saturday Night came close with arguably the most rapturous response here at the 49th edition, which included the audience clapping rhythmically through the…