It was only a few months ago that casting news was announced for SNL 1975, the Jason Reitman film chronicling the anxious 90 minutes leading up to the first live broadcast of NBC’s Saturday Night. But according to World of Reel, Reitman and the cast wrapped filming in late April and three test screenings have been held in the past month. At least one Twitter/X user was steamed that the test screenings were restricted to people between 18 and 54 — meaning anyone who was a teen or young adult SNL fan in 1975 had to take a hike in 2024. Irony!
What’s the early word? World of Reel heard from someone who saw the film — the site’s “resident test screener” (is that a thing?) — and the reaction was a rave: “Fantastic. Big response from audience. Very Birdman/Lubezki-esque in its execution with the long takes and seamless transitions. Also shot on gorgeous 16mm,...
What’s the early word? World of Reel heard from someone who saw the film — the site’s “resident test screener” (is that a thing?) — and the reaction was a rave: “Fantastic. Big response from audience. Very Birdman/Lubezki-esque in its execution with the long takes and seamless transitions. Also shot on gorgeous 16mm,...
- 7/29/2024
- Cracked
Nikki Finke was terrifying.
When the late Hollywood journalist called — the phone was her weapon of choice — the most powerful players in Hollywood shivered. That’s because she could write anything, and there was nobody to call if you didn’t like what she wrote. I learned this the hard way, even though we were friendly over the years: We had lunch at Hugo’s, shared a storage unit, and spent hours together in her West Hollywood apartment as I tried in vain to get her to press “send” on her brilliant CAA chapter for Premiere Magazine, which was scheduled in two subsequent issues but never ran.
Nor did her much-touted book ever get published, as publishers hired co-writers in vain; over the years, Finke’s cogent agency reporting eventually wound up on Deadline. And Finke participated (by phone) in a 2005 meeting with David Poland, Jeffrey Wells, and me about possibly launching a website.
When the late Hollywood journalist called — the phone was her weapon of choice — the most powerful players in Hollywood shivered. That’s because she could write anything, and there was nobody to call if you didn’t like what she wrote. I learned this the hard way, even though we were friendly over the years: We had lunch at Hugo’s, shared a storage unit, and spent hours together in her West Hollywood apartment as I tried in vain to get her to press “send” on her brilliant CAA chapter for Premiere Magazine, which was scheduled in two subsequent issues but never ran.
Nor did her much-touted book ever get published, as publishers hired co-writers in vain; over the years, Finke’s cogent agency reporting eventually wound up on Deadline. And Finke participated (by phone) in a 2005 meeting with David Poland, Jeffrey Wells, and me about possibly launching a website.
- 10/9/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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