An upcoming film based on the real events behind the opening night of the first ever Saturday Night Live now has its cast. Here is what we know so far about SNL 1975. What Is SNL 1975 About? SNL 1975 will cover the debut night of the long-running sketch comedy show. “Based on the screenwriters’ … Read more
Thanks to a big boost at the box office on Saturday night, Dune Part Two blew away expectations to double the first film’s opening weekend. The final numbers are coming in, and Dune: Part Two is defying earlier predictions that it would open in the $75 million-ish range with a strong $81 million opening weekend. … Read more
Saturday Night Live has turned plenty of sketches into feature films — Wayne’s World, MacGruber, Coneheads, and unfortunately A Night at the Roxburry to name just a few— but the show itself has never been the subject of a fiction film before. At least, not until Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975. The Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Juno director’s next project is reportedly about “about the debut night in October … Read more
Saturday Night Live season season 49 premiere, with former cast-member Pete Davidson hosting with Ice Spice as the musical guest. After going dark due to the WGA strike, Saturday Night Live is back. Deadline reports that Saturday Night Live season 49 will premiere on October 14th, with former cast-member Pete Davidson hosting. Pete Davidson will … Read more
We take a look at Sylvester Stallone’s Staying Alive, a now obscure sequel to Saturday Night Fever starring a jacked John Travolta. While Sylvester Stallone’s latest sequel Expend4bles may have been a letdown for the Italian Stallion, Awfully Good Movies is putting on a headband and spandex for John Travolta in the 1983 Stallone-directed sequel … Read more
Ghostbusters: Afterlife director Jason Reitman to helm Saturday Night Live movie about the behind-the-scenes drama of the very first show. We’re just two years away from celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Saturday Night Live, the late-night sketch comedy series which has launched a thousand careers, prompted millions of laughs, and been a fixture of television … Read more