Celebrity Jeopardy! (film)

Celebrity Jeopardy! is a 2020 American epic comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow, and written by Norm Macdonald and Steve Higgins. Based on the sketch of the same name on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live, the film stars Will Ferrell as a fictionalized version of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek who tries to host a game show for the sake of charity only for idiotic celebrities to constantly embarrass him and thwart his progress. The ensemble cast includes Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Martin Short, Andy Samberg, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Wiig and Jimmy Fallon.

Synopsis
Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell) is known as the host of the hit game show Jeopardy!, with which he has remained synonymous. But after his show gets taken off the air, he struggles to find his way back to the top. That's when he gets the idea to create a new version of his show and hire celebrities as players to attract more viewers. The announcement of Celebrity Jeopardy! attracts many familiar faces such as the easy-going Burt Reynolds (Norm Macdonald), the death-defying Tom Cruise (Ben Stiller), and the foul-mouthed Trebek-hating Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond). Unfortunately, it seems that everyone Trebek finds is better off on a more...simple game. And on top of all that, it doesn't take long before the new show catches the attention of Millionaire's Regis Philbin (Jimmy Fallon), who will do anything to make sure his show ends up on top.

Cast

 * Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek
 * Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery
 * Norm Macdonald as Burt "Turd Ferguson" Reynolds
 * Jimmy Fallon as Regis Philbin
 * Kristen Wiig as Kathie Lee Gifford
 * Martin Short as Jerry Lewis
 * Adam Sandler as himself
 * French Stewart as himself
 * Andy Samberg as Nicolas Cage
 * Joe Piscopo as Phil Donahue
 * John Goodman as Marlon Brando
 * Taran Killam as Michael Keaton
 * John Travolta as himself
 * Ben Stiller as Tom Cruise
 * Jeff Goldblum as himself
 * Minnie Driver as herself
 * French Stewart as himself
 * Calista Flockhart as herself
 * Keanu Reeves as himself
 * Jamie Costa as Robin Williams
 * Hilary Swank as herself
 * Tom Hanks as himself
 * Jim Breuer as Ozzy Osbourne
 * Amy Poehler as Sharon Osbourne
 * Kate McKinnon as Martha Stewart
 * Reese Witherspoon as Anne Heche
 * Lucy Liu as Catherine Zeta-Jones
 * Jay Pharoah as Chris Tucker
 * Bill Hader as Dave Matthews
 * Melissa Villaseñor as Björk
 * Shawn Mendes as Justin Bieber
 * Tim Roth as Christoph Waltz
 * Alec Baldwin as Tony Bennett
 * Jim Carrey as Matthew McConaughey
 * Kenan Thompson as Steve Harvey

Trivia

 * This is the first Saturday Night Live feature film since MacGruber, which came out in 2010.
 * Some of the celebrities represented in the film are played by actors who had the same roles on SNL while others just play themselves.
 * It is believed that this film takes place in a timeline completely separate from our own. This explains why Jeopardy! is cancelled in the film and celebrities such as Burt Reynolds, Jerry Lewis and Robin Williams are still alive.
 * The film is directed by Adam McKay and produced by Judd Apatow, both of whom worked on the Anchorman franchise alongside Will Ferrell.
 * Norm Macdonald and Steve Higgins, who worked on the original SNL skit together, co-wrote the film.
 * Near the end of the film, Kenan Thompson is featured as Steve Harvey as a callback to the Celebrity Family Feud sketch on SNL.
 * This is an ensemble film in the same vein as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.