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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00:00 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.