I love Saturday Night for many reasons, but one is that it’s the return of the Jason Reitman I missed while he was making Li’l Ghostbusters movies. This is the guy who made a name for himself independent of his legendary father, once again choosing a subject for which he has real passion, one w...
Read MoreThe Saturday Night Live movie is a lot closer than I thought it was. Announced a little over a year ago, the film, which is now called Saturday Night (which isn’t a great title, but it’s better than SNL 1975, its working title from earlier this year), is about the show’s first episode in 19...
Read MoreYes, it’s an attention-grabbing title, but should we pretend it’s not true? Of course not; that would make us Hollywood. Well, sort of, but I’ll get to that. First, let’s talk about Sydney Sweeney. (I’ll assume I don’t have to cajole you.) She is most assuredly having a moment right no...
Read MoreThe Saturday Night Live movie has put most of its main cast together. The film, which is titled SNL 1975 (Really, guys? That’s the best you could come up with?), is about the night of the sketch comedy show’s premiere episode and will be directed by Jason Reitman, who co-wrote the script with ...
Read MoreMatthew Perry, one of the stars of the hit sitcom and cultural phenomenon Friends, passed away over the weekend, and the world is mourning his loss. Friends is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Perry, and that’s only natural; it’s the most popular thing he’s ever done, and m...
Read MoreThe writers’ strike may have shuttered Saturday Night Live for a while, but the landmark sketch show will have its story told soon. Deadline exclusively reports that Jason Reitman will be directing a movie about the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which was once a comedy show. Reitman is wri...
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