{"id":330527,"date":"2026-03-05T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330527\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:09:18","slug":"lorne-trailer-snl-creator-dodges-retirement-question-and-sits-down-for-rare-interview-in-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/330527\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lorne\u2019 Trailer: \u2018SNL\u2019 Creator Dodges Retirement Question and Sits Down for Rare Interview in Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Focus Features<\/a> has released the first trailer for \u201cLorne<\/a>,\u201d a documentary chronicling the life and career of Lorne Michaels<\/a>, the architect of \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>.\u201d The film is set to open exclusively in theaters on April 17.<\/p>\n

Directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville<\/a>, the documentary is described as an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes portrait of the producer who built one of television\u2019s most influential comedy institutions. Neville<\/a> previously helmed the Oscar-winning \u201c20 Feet from Stardom<\/a>\u201d and the acclaimed \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?<\/a>,\u201d both of which explored the lives of creative figures and the cultural impact of their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cLorne<\/a>\u201d traces Michaels\u2019 journey from a young Canadian writer to the force behind \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>,\u201d the late-night sketch show that has shaped American comedy and pop culture for more than five decades. The film draws on exclusive archival material, candid interviews, and rare, behind-the-scenes insights into Michaels\u2019 creative process. While dramatizations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Focus Features has released the first trailer for \u201cLorne,\u201d a documentary chronicling the life and career of Lorne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3213,3214,321,3215,93,695,3211,61,60,270,43,3212,904,282],"class_list":["post-330527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-entertainment","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}