Rachel Zegler Battles Evil Machines in Trailer for A24 Horror-Comedy ‘Y2K’
Rachel Zegler is not ready to party like it’s 1999 in the trailer for the A24 disaster-comedy feature Y2K.
Saturday Night Live standout Kyle Mooney directs the movie that hits theaters Dec. 6. The film centers on two high school juniors who find themselves fending for their lives after crashing a New Year’s Eve shindig on the last night of 1999. Rounding out the cast are Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, Fred Durst, Mason Gooding, Alicia Silverstone and Mooney.
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The trailer shows a libidinous party going horribly wrong when electronic devices — many of which are touchstones from the end of the 20th century — attempt to destroy humanity. At one point, a character exclaims, “A Tamagotchi just drilled through a chick’s head!”
Later in the footage, Martell looks for the silver lining when telling Zegler, “This has been the shittiest night of my life. But it’s cool that we got to hang out for once.”
Mooney (co-writer of Brigsby Bear) makes his directorial feature debut from a script he co-wrote with Evan Winter. Producers are Winter, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Jonah Hill, Christopher Storer and Cooper Wehde.
Y2K premiered at South by Southwest in March. In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Lovia Gyarkye wrote, “It’s a film of assured performances — with an especially strong turn from Julian Dennison — and a handful of sharp twists in search of a better story.”
Zegler most recently starred in last year’s film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Her upcoming projects include a voice part in Netflix’s animated movie Spellbound and the starring role in Disney’s live-action Snow White.
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