If you were around in the 1990s or old enough to remember anyhow, the millennial Y2K phenomenon is both a panic and hilarious joke to some. In 1999, as the new year approached, Y2K referred to the potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. The paranoid suspected a kind of global collapse and crisis where everything digital stopped working. Of course, nothing happened, and the less unreasonable of us just partied that night like nothing had happened. But what if “Y2K” turned out to be the disaster some agitated about? That’s basically the premise of writer/director/comedian Kyle Mooney’s (“Saturday Night Live”) satirical disaster comedy, “Y2K.”
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Debuting at SXSW earlier this year, “Y2K” stars Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”), Jaeden Martell (“Knives Out”), and Julian Dennison (“Hunt For The Wilderpeople”) with The Kid Laroi, Lachlan Watson, Mason Gooding, Daniel Zolghadri, Eduardo Franco, and Fred Durst.
Zegler for one, enjoyed all the period-piece trappings of the ’90s. “Y2K was ’99, and the fittings were super fun to do because there were just so many different routes you can take for different characters who are dressed up for New Year’s Eve,” she told Vanity Fair recently. “You’re going to have butterfly clips in your hair and frosty lips, frosty eyeshadow. I keep saying, people are going to leave the theater with stuff in their cart on the phone, all of their nostalgic ’90s, 2000s clothes.”
“Y2K” was written by Mooney & Evan Winter, and A24 will release the film in December.
Here’s the official synopsis:
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Year’s Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.
“Y2K” opens in theaters nationwide on December 6, 2024, via A24. Watch the new trailer below.
