The newest trailer for A24’s highly anticipated filmY2K, directed byKyle Mooney, has just landed, and it’s utterly chaotic in the best way, as fans of Mooney’s work onSaturday Night Livehave come to expect. The movie, which had its world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2024, is going to head into wide release on July 27, 2025, and with its mashup of nostalgia from the late 90s, disaster horror, and bonkers comedy,Y2Klooks like it’s going to end the 2024 cinematic year on a fun note. The trailer shows us New Year’s Eve 1999, which was no ordinary party — except in this one, theY2Kbug is real, and the appliances just gotveryticked off.
The film featuresJaeden Martellas awkward teenager Eli who decides he’s going to crash a high schoolY2KNew Year’s Eve Party with his best friend, played byDeadpool 2’sJulian Dennison.At the party, they bump intoRachel Zeglerand the madness begins.Eduardo Franco, also known asStranger Things’ Argyle, joins the cast as well, along withDaniel Zoghadri(Eighth Grade) as CJ,Lachlan Watson(The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Ash, director Kyle Mooney as Garrett,Alicia Silverstoneas Robin,Fred Durstas himself, andThe Kid Laroias “Soccer Chris.
What Can We Expect from ‘Y2K’?
Speaking to Collider at SXSW where the movie premiered, Zegler opened up on the decision to join the cast and her excitement was difficult to hide. Zegler is on a hot streak right now having previously worked withSteven Spielbergand recently starred inThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,as well as taking on the daunting role of Snow White in the upcoming live-action Disney remake, but this smaller movie wassomething she couldn’t say no to:
“It was so fun to read because I like when things go a little differently than you expect. It’s so fun to read stuff like that on the page and then see it come to life on a screen, both while you’re filming it and then when you see the finished product. You really think it’s a very coming-of-age, these two kids are gonna own New Years, [then] midnight strikes and things go a little differently than you think they’re gonna go. It was really fun to read. It was so different than anything I had read before, and certainly different than anything I had ever done before, so it was just an immediate yes.”
Y2Kwill open in theaters on December 6 of this year. Check out the latest trailer above and be sure to stay tuned to Collider for further updates.
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 becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
