Coming out of San Diego Comic-Con, there haven’t been as many trailers as usual for the past few weeks. But things are picking up with the best movie & show trailers of the week of August 8. This morning alone, we’ve had the debut of the new Saturday Night Live film, Saturday Night, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
From there, we’ve got a new horror trailer, the return of Paddington, a look at one of the biggest sports scandals ever, and even a Broadway play.
Saturday Night
Ahead of its 5oth anniversary next year, Saturday Night Live is getting a film devoted to the stories behind-the-scenes of the very first episode in 1975. Saturday Night will take place in real time over the course of 90 minutes as the countdown to the first taping begins. Jason Reitman directed the film, which he co-wrote with Gil Kenan.
There are a lot of familiar faces among the cast who are portraying legendary figures from the show, including J.K. Simmons as Milton Berle, Matthew Rhys as George Carlin, Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris, Matt Wood as John Belushi, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner, and Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels. Saturday Night will hit theaters on October 11.
Presence
Steven Soderbergh is doing a horror movie?! We’re excited to see what Presence holds for us when it arrives in theaters in January 2025. The preview doesn’t seem to commit fully to the idea that this is a haunted house flick, but we’ll see if Soderbergh is holding back some surprises. Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, and West Mulholland are the primary cast members.
American Sports Story
Ryan Murphy has done over a decade of American Horror Story, and several years of American Crime Story. Now, Murphy is turning his attention to American Sports Story.
FX’s new series will debut on Hulu on September 17 with Josh Rivera starring as Aaron Hernandez, the wide receiver of the New England Patriots whose career ended with murder charges. It’s one of the darkest tales in the history of the NFL.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
We don’t often run trailers for stage plays, but Stranger Things‘ prequel story, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, is heading to Broadway early next year.
This play features hints about secrets that will be revealed in the fifth and final season, and now American fans can see it for themselves before Netflix brings the show back for its final bow in 2025.
Paddington in Peru
You may have a stone-cold heart if you don’t love Paddington Bear. It’s been seven years since Paddington 2 was in theaters, but the titular bear is finally going home for a visit in Paddington in Peru.
There’s not much in the way of new footage here, but Ben Whishaw is back as Paddington Brown. But because of the long gap between films, his adoptive human family, the Browns, have all been recast for this movie.
