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Succession star Nicholas Braun to take on role as Jim Henson while Gabriel LaBelle will play Lorne Michaels in new film about the launch of Saturday Night Live in 1970s


Saturday Night Live was made to make people laugh, but a new film will focus on the drama behind the scenes that launched the late night staple in the 1970s.

Jason Reitman, 46, who has already cast Dickinson star Ella Hunt to portray the late Gilda Radner along with Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman and Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, has now decided which actors will take on the roles of the men in The Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players. Dylan O'Brien, 32, who took on the action in Teen Wolf and Maze Runner will tackle the role of chameleon Dan Ackroyd who imitated presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter along with cooking show host Julia Child. Dylan O'Brien, 32, who took on the action in Teen Wolf and Maze Runner will tackle the role of chameleon Dan Ackroyd who imitated presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter along with cooking show host Julia Child

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