Saturday Night
2024 film by Jason Reitman
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| February 23 2025 | Won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR at the Golden Reel Awards. |
| February 12 2025 | John Papsidera was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Comedy) at the Artios Awards. |
| February 10 2025 | Received nominations at the Black Reel Awards for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance (Lamorne Morris) and Outstanding Score (Jon Batiste). |
| February 6 2025 | Danny Glicker was nominated for Excellence in Period Film at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. |
| January 12 2025 | Nominated for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Comedy at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. |
| January 5 2025 | Gabriel LaBelle was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. |
| 2024 | Filmmakers Tim Fehlbaum, Hannah Fidell, Michael Gracey, Max Hechtman, and actor Seth Rogen praise the film, citing it among their favorite films of 2024. |
| 2024 | Original Saturday Night Live cast member Chevy Chase tells director Jason Reitman he 'should be embarrassed' after watching the film, while Dan Aykroyd calls it a 'stand-alone masterpiece'. |
| 2024 | The film 'Saturday Night' receives varied critical responses, with some critics praising Gabriel LaBelle's performance as Lorne Michaels and the ensemble cast, while others like Benjamin Lee of The Guardian give it a very negative review. |
| 2024 | In a subsequent weekend, the film's box office dropped to $1.8 million, representing a 47% decline from the previous weekend. |
| 2024 | The film expanded to 2,304 theaters and made $3.4 million, finishing seventh at the box office. |
| 2024 | In its second weekend, the film expanded to 21 theaters and grossed $270,955. |
| 2024 | Gabriel LaBelle received a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for his performance in the film. |
| December 20 2024 | Nominated for Best Ensemble at the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards. |
| December 15 2024 | At the St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards, won Original Screenplay and was nominated for Best Comedy Film and Best Editing. |
| December 9 2024 | Jason Reitman received the Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Award for Storytelling at the SFFILM Awards. |
| December 8 2024 | Received multiple nominations at the Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards, including Best Comedy or Musical, and won Best Cast Ensemble. |
| November 2024 | The film concluded its theatrical run on Thanksgiving, with Variety noting it found 'little box office traction' due to Sony's minimal marketing budget. |
| November 20 2024 | Jon Batiste was nominated for Best Original Score – Independent Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. |
| November 3 2024 | Lamorne Morris won the Virtuoso Award at the Virginia Film Festival. |
| November 1 2024 | Won the 5280 Award at the Denver Film Festival for Gabriel LaBelle, Cory Michael Smith, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan, and Eric Steelberg. |
| October 20 2024 | Won the Variety Collaborators Award at the Middleburg Film Festival for Eric Steelberg and Jason Reitman. |
| October 11 2024 | Wide release of the film by Sony Pictures Releasing, coinciding with the 49th anniversary of the original Saturday Night Live premiere in 1975. |
| October 4 2024 | Theatrical release expands to more cities beyond the initial limited release locations. |
| September 27 2024 | Film begins limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, New York City, and Toronto. |
| September 27 2024 | The film began a limited theatrical release in the United States, introducing audiences to the story of the iconic comedy show's first broadcast. |
| August 31 2024 | Saturday Night had its world premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, marking the first public screening of the biographical comedy-drama about Saturday Night Live's premiere. |
| July 30 2024 | Film's title changed from working title 'SNL 1975' to 'Saturday Night', aligning with the original show's first season title. |
| June 2024 | Leander Suleiman was reported to have been cast as writer Anne Beatts. |
| May 2024 | Filming for 'Saturday Night' was completed by May 2024. |
| April 2024 | Jon Batiste was hired to compose the film's score and cast to appear as Billy Preston. |
| April 2024 | Naomi McPherson of the band Muna was cast to portray Janis Ian. |
| March 2024 | Principal photography for the film 'Saturday Night' began in Atlanta and Fayetteville, Georgia, using the working title 'Wolverines', which references the first sketch ever performed on the original series. |
| March 2024 | Nicholas Braun, Tommy Dewey, and Nicholas Podany were added to the cast to play Jim Henson, Michael O'Donoghue, and Billy Crystal respectively. Braun also took over the role of Andy Kaufman after Benny Safdie dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. |
| March 9 2024 | Film production scenes were shot outside of Rockefeller Plaza during the weekend of March 9-10. |
| January 2024 | Gabriel LaBelle was cast to portray Lorne Michaels, marking his second major leading role after Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022). |
| May 2023 | Jason Reitman announced as director, co-writer, and producer of a film about the creation of Saturday Night Live for Sony Pictures. Reitman and Gil Kenan began interviewing living cast and crew from the premiere season to develop the screenplay. |
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