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On the heels of its launch, I sat down with the killer crew behind the A24’s outrageous new black comedy, Y2K. In our dialog, I communicate with author/director Kyle Mooney, finest identified for his profitable and hilarious tenure on Saturday Night time Dwell. Becoming a member of us are the movie’s younger stars, Jaeden Martell and the hilarious newcomer Julian Dennison. Martell is understood to horror followers for starring within the current reboot of Stephen King’s IT, with half one turning into the highest-grossing style launch in cinema historical past.
Within the movie, on the final night time of 1999, two highschool juniors (Martell and Dennison) crash a New Yr’s Eve occasion, solely to search out themselves combating for his or her lives on this dial-up catastrophe comedy. Horror followers rejoice; this one is surprisingly gory and violent. Assume Most Overdrive meets Dazed and Confused.
Try my dialog with the Y2K crew:
A24’s newest enterprise, Y2K, directed by Kyle Mooney in his function debut, hits theaters as we speak, December 6, 2024. The movie reimagines the notorious Y2K bug, mixing catastrophe and comedy as expertise turns in opposition to humanity at midnight on New Yr’s Eve 1999. The ensemble forged consists of Rachel Zegler and options appearances by Fred Durst and Alicia Silverstone.
Y2K premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2024, and is now obtainable solely in theaters. Following its theatrical run, the movie is predicted to stream on HBO’s Max round late March 2025, in step with A24’s distribution settlement with Warner Bros. Discovery.
For a glimpse into the movie’s nostalgic but violently chaotic tackle the turn-of-the-millennium panic, you’ll be able to watch the official trailer beneath:
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