"Saturday Night" First Look: Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson!

Saturday Night, Jason Reitman's upcoming film about the premiere of Saturday Night Live, is a only  few months away and Vanity Fair has a first look at the cast and scenes from the film. 

Of note to us Muppet fans is an image of Nicholas Braun playing Jim Henson, "who isn’t sure his kind of puppetry is the right fit for SNL. "  Braun also plays Any Kaufman in the film. 

You'll note a puppet of King Ploobus from the Land of Gorch sketches next to him. It looks like a recreation of the puppet (the original is currently on display at he Museum of the Moving Image). I'm sure we'll find out soon if the Henson company made it and if the other Gorch characters appear. 

The Original King Ploobus

In the Vanity Fair interview. Reitman says “What was so unusual about this show (SNL) was not only that it was live, but the format was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. You had sketch comedy, you had two musical guests, you had a live band, you had stand-up comedians, you had Andy Kaufman, you had the Muppets, you had a film by Albert Brooks….”

And we'll see it all unfold in real time when Saturday Night is released this fall. 

Thanks to Lorna Mitchell for the heads up.