Justin Timberlake and Dakota Johnson are set to reunite on the Saturday Night Live stage, 14 years after appearing in the drama, The Social Network, together.
This marks the 34-year-old Fifty Persuasion star’s second time hosting the show, and Timberlake’s fifth solo musical guest appearance.
Their episode will air on January 27 amid speculation that he is about to release his highly-awaited, sixth album, after filing to trademark the phrase ‘Everything I Thought It Was.’
The Social Network was Johnson’s first major film role, five years before launching to stardom in Fifty Shades of Grey, alongside Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan.
Justin Timberlake and Dakota Johnson are set to reunite on the Saturday Night Live stage, 14 years after appearing in the drama, The Social Network, together
Their episode will air on January 27 amid speculation that he is about to release his highly-awaited, sixth album, after filing to trademark the phrase ‘Everything I Thought It Was’
She portrayed Amelia Ritter, a young student from Stanford University, who had a one-night stand with the father-of-two’s character, Sean Parker, founder of Napster, after meeting him at a bar.
Timberlake shared the news on with his 72.1 million Instagram, which was met with excitement from his followers that flocked to the comment section to express their joy.
His NSYNC bandmate, Lance Bass, placed five raising hand emojis under the post.
‘YOU’RE KIDDING ME RIGHT,’ one wrote.
Another commented: ‘SNL? What!!!! So ready! Can’t wait!’
The announcement comes less than two weeks after he removed all of his photos and videos from his Instagram page.
After wiping the slate clean, the father-of-two, who is married to Jessica Biel, teased he would be performing ‘for one night only in Memphis’ (his hometown) at the Orpheum Theatre.
He has continued to tease his musical comeback by posting an upside-down ‘missing poster’ asking fans, ‘HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?’
The Social Network was Johnson’s first major film role, five years before launching to stardom in Fifty Shades of Grey, alongside Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan
She portrayed Amelia Ritter, a young student from Stanford University, who had a one-night stand with the father-of-two’s character, Sean Parker, founder of Napster, after meeting him at a bar
The announcement comes less than two weeks after he removed all of his photos and videos from his Instagram page and began teasing fans with the acronym ‘EITIW’
The flier described his eyes as ‘Precision’ and his hair as ‘Depends’ while his height was listed as ‘Feel like 10′ tall’ and weight as ‘Up.’
Timberlake’s slideshow included a a power bank with the letters ‘EITIW’ on it as well as photos of him in various different looks.
The Friends with Benefits star was last seen in IG mid-December, when he and wife Jessica Biel attended the opening of the brand new $3.7 billion Las Vegas hotel, The Fountainbleu.
His wife posted snaps of their looks, which she captioned, ‘On our suit and tie s**t,’ referencing her husband’s 2013 song Suit & Tie.
Timberlake’s accounts on Twitter and Threads both remain active, though both are used quite sparingly.
After wiping the slate clean, the singer, who is married to Jessica Biel, teased he would be performing ‘for one night only in Memphis’ (his hometown) at the Orpheum Theatre
Timberlake’s slideshow included a a power bank with the letters ‘EITIW’ on it as well as photos of him in various different looks
His last Twitter post was a November 2023 retweet of a BTS fan account promoting the group’s single with Timberlake.
Before that, his last post was in late September, sharing a video of behind-the-scenes footage of N’SYNC as they celebrated their first song together in 23 years.
The Instagram cleanse comes just months after the release of his ex Britney Spears’ book The Woman In Me.
Spears opened up about her relationship with Timberlake, which spanned from 1999 to 2002, revealing she had an abortion after Timberlake had gotten her pregnant.
‘It was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy, Spears said in the fast-selling book. ‘I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have a family together one day. This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated.
‘But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young.’
‘See you tomorrow,’ he captioned a rehearsal of his upcoming show on Friday night
The Friends with Benefits star was last seen in IG mid-December, when he and wife Jessica Biel attended the opening of the brand new $3.7 billion Las Vegas hotel , The Fountainbleu (pictured during the show)
She continued, ‘If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it. And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father. To this day, it’s one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.’
Amid the fallout of the revelations from Spears, Timberlake turned off his Instagram comments October 26.
An insider told People that in spite of the details of their relationship going public, Timberlake is in ‘such a great place’ as he’s ‘happy at home with Jess and their kids and he’s focusing on new music.’
Earlier this month, a source told Entertainment Tonight that Timberlake and Biel have ‘been focusing on their relationship and family as always.’
The source added: ‘It has been somewhat upsetting to have past instances be brought back up into the public eye, but they are making sure to be there for each other and continuing to move forward.’
