A24 debuted the official trailer for Y2K, Kyle Mooney’s disaster comedy, starring Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Durst.
Set on New Year’s Eve in 1999, the movie reimagines the seminal events of one night nearly 25 years ago, when experts widely predicted that the turning of a new millennium would cause massive systems chaos.
Release Date
Directed by Kyle Mooney, Saturday Night Live former cast member, Y2K world premiered at South by Southwest film festival and opens in theaters on December 6, 2024.
Synopsis
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.
Explaining how it all got started, director Kyle Mooney said, “My version of it in my head is that it was New Year’s Eve going into 2019. My then-girlfriend, now wife, and I threw a party, and probably went pretty hard to some degree. And Evan and I were hanging out quite a bit at the time because we have a group of friends who were doing trivia regularly at a bar close by. But yeah, I woke up on New Year’s Day and started thinking “Oh, what if Y2K actually happened?””
Reviews
In their review, IGN wrote, “Y2K is a hilarious rewriting of history set to a soundtrack of Korn and awkward teenage rebellion. Kyle Mooney brings us back to a time when you couldn’t surf the net while making a phone call and does so with an outstanding sense of humor. A cast led by Jaeden Martell and Rachel Zegler takes their predicament seriously but shines in moments like mid-apocalypse group singalongs to Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping.” Based on that, you’re correct to assume Y2K is a deadly unserious disaster comedy featuring fantastic cyber-monster effects and humor inspired by the time period. Who knows, maybe this humorous, A24-produced, web-based hellraiser will usher in a new normal for onscreen throwbacks to the 2000s – a boy who still listens to Significant Other can dream.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Y2k.