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Dylan O'Brien and Lamorne Morris are set to play two original 'Saturday Night Live' cast members in Jason Reitman's feature 'SNL 1975.' O'Brien has landed the role of Dan Aykroyd, while Morris is set to portray Garrett Morris. The movie is based on the screenwriters' interviews with the show's living cast, scribes and crew. It is set to focus on the formative moment in October 1975 when the NBC sketch show debuted.

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00:00Lamorne Morris and Dylan O'Brien are set to play two original Saturday Night Live cast members

00:05in Jason Reitman's movie SNL 1975.

00:09Morris is set to portray Garrett Morris, while O'Brien has landed the role of Dan Aykroyd.

00:14Reitman is directing the film for Sony Pictures from a script he co-wrote with Gil Kennan.

00:18The movie is based on the screenwriter's interviews with the show's living cast,

00:22scribes, and crew.

00:23It is set to focus on the formative moment in October 1975 when the NBC sketch show debuted.

00:28Other cast members just announced include Corey Michael Smith, who will play Chevy Chase,

00:33Ella Hunt, who will play Gilda Radner, and Emily Farron, who will play Lorraine Newman, just to name a few.

00:39Previously announced cast members include Gabriel Lebel as SNL creator Lauren Michaels,

00:44and Rachel Sennett as his ex-wife Rosie Schuster, among others.

00:47As for O'Brien, his recent work includes the film Ponyboy,

00:50which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month.

00:53He told The Hollywood Reporter this about getting into character for that movie.

00:56I definitely felt like I knew exactly, like, I knew this guy.

01:01Like, I knew kids like this.

01:02I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

01:04But all those things just really evolve as you start, like, the process comes together,

01:09and, like, the tattoos come in, and the hair, and, like, the clothes, my fit.

01:14You know, like, it just, um, I could never have, like, stepped into the role in the way

01:18that I felt like I ended up doing without all those pieces, you know, the process.

01:22And Morris recently appeared on the fifth season of Fargo.

01:25For much more on SNL 1975 and this story, head to THR.com.

01:30This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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