Rachel Zegler in New Years Eve Party Comedy ‘Y2K’ Bonkers Trailer
by Alex Billington
August 20, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Bye bye, human race.” A24 has unveiled an official trailer for Y2K, a big party comedy marking the feature directorial debut of comedian Kyle Mooney. It’s ready for release in theaters in December just before New Years at the end of this year. It premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival to great reviews though some negative ones, too. Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999. The night gets even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight. The hilarious NYE horror comedy stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, and Alicia Silverstone, also featuring The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Durst. Reminds me of Bodies Bodies Bodies at first glance, though it also looks like it’ll be as crazy as This is The End. Reviews state “Y2K is totally bonkers and the kind of movie I wish more studios would take risks on.” This looks like a fun riff on – what if all the 90s tech went mad (Y2K bug!!) and started killing everyone.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Kyle Mooney’s film Y2K, direct from A24’s YouTube:
Brief intro via SXSW: “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.” Y2K (a reference to the Y2K New Years) is directed by American comedy actor / writer / filmmaker Kyle Mooney, now making his feature directorial debut after writing the script for Brigsby Bear, as well as episodes of “Saturday Morning All Star Hits!”, “Nathan For You”, and “Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast” previously. The screenplay is written by Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter. Produced by Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Chris Storer, Cooper Wehde, Evan Winter. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival earlier this year as a Headliner. A24 will debut Mooney’s Y2K in theaters nationwide starting December 6th, 2024 this fall. Who’s down?
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