Five years ago, when James Franco was a grad student at NYU, the actor / director / writer / poet / North Korea antagonizer shot a documentary showing what it’s like to create an episode of Saturday Night Live, from the Tuesday morning table read to dress rehearsal. The resulting 90-minute film — which focused on the December 6th, 2008 John Malkovich / TI episode — has popped up at film festivals but has not otherwise seen the light of day.
James Franco’s long-lost ‘Saturday Night Live’ documentary is coming to Hulu this Friday
THE SNL DOCUMENTARY is finally coming out!!! On HULU! This FRIDAY! Watch my documentary about the… http://t.co/i9D6ebVKwR
— James Franco (@JamesFrancoTV) September 24, 2014 Until this week, that is. Franco has taken to Twitter and Instagram to announce Saturday Night will be available on Hulu starting this Friday — just one day before Saturday Night Live’s 40th season premiere with host Chris Pratt and new announcer Darrell Hammond.
Meanwhile, watch the SNL episode in question — even more Malkovich!
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