00:00 Lamorne Morris and Dylan O'Brien are set to play two original Saturday Night Live cast members
00:05 in Jason Reitman's movie SNL 1975. Morris is set to portray Garrett Morris, while O'Brien has
00:12 landed the role of Dan Aykroyd. Reitman is directing the film for Sony Pictures from a
00:16 script he co-wrote with Gil Kennan. The movie is based on the screenwriter's interviews with
00:20 the show's living cast, scribes, and crew. It is set to focus on the formative moment in October
00:25 1975 when the NBC sketch show debuted. Other cast members just announced include Corey Michael Smith,
00:32 who will play Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt, who will play Gilda Radner, and Emily Farrin,
00:36 who will play Lorraine Newman, just to name a few. Previously announced cast members include Gabriel
00:41 LeBel as SNL creator Lorne Michaels and Rachel Sennett as his ex-wife, Rosie Shuster, among
00:47 others. As for O'Brien, his recent work includes the film Ponyboy, which debuted at the Sundance
00:52 Film Festival this month. He told The Hollywood Reporter this about getting into character for
00:56 the movie. And Morris recently appeared on the fifth season of Fargo. For much of
01:26 more on SNL 1975 and this story, head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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