Columbia Pictures announced Jason Reitman’s movie about the first episode of Saturday Night Live will be titled simply Saturday Night, and will appear in theaters on Oct. 11.
The date matches the 49th anniversary of the variety show’s debut in 1975 under its original name NBC’s Saturday Night.
“So much of what Saturday Night Live wanted to be, or what I wanted it to be when it began, was cool,” he said later.
The soundtrack is being composed by five-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste, who also plays the show’s first musical guest, Billy Preston.