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‘SNL’s Taran Killam Joins ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 1:06pm PDTTags: New Regency, Saturday Night Live, Taran Killam, Twelve Years A Slave
Mike Fleming

Taran Killam Twelve Years A SlaveEXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live cast member Taran Killam will spend his hiatus doing a prominent movie. He’ll join the cast of Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years A Slave, which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Paul Dano. The film shoots this summer in New Orleans for New Regency. Bill Pohlad’s River Road and Plan B are producing. Killam will play a traveling showman who abducts a free black man (Ejiofor) and brings him South, where he is sold into slavery and endures a brutal 12 years. Killam joined SNL two years ago. With Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and perhaps Jason Sudeikis exiting, Killam has an opportunity to become the show’s next breakout star. He is repped by CAA and Principato-Young.

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Amy Poehler to Host ‘SNL’ Season Premiere; 4 Join The NBC Show As Featured Players

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 7, 2010 @ 12:50pm PDTTags: Amy Poehler, Amy Poehler SNL Host, Jay Pharoah, Paul Brittain, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Cast, Saturday Night Live Season 36, Saturday Night Live Season Premiere, Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer
Nellie Andreeva

NBC just announced that Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler will host the 36th season premiere of the latenight sketch show on September 25 with musical guest Katy Perry. The network also confirmed that Vanessa Bayer, Paul Brittain, Taran Killam, and Jay Pharoah will join the cast of SNL as … Read More »

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Comings & Goings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 7, 2010 @ 12:03am PDTTags: Jay Pharoah, Paul Brittain, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Cast, Saturday Night Live Season 36, SNL, Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer, Will Forte
Nellie Andreeva

With Will Forte’s recent announcement that he will be leaving Saturday Night Live after 8 seasons and reports that NBC’s late-night sketch show may be adding as many as 4 new cast members, the question is who else might be exiting when SNL returns for a 36th season later … Read More »

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