Y2K Will Crash Max April 4 | popgeeks.com
WB streaming service Max currently has an exclusivity deal with A24 that guarantees all their movies will appear on that service first (and HBO). The next to roll out is Y2K, the period piece comedy-thriller from late last year.
Y2K takes place in the time frame that its title implies, and is initially about two boys who crash a rager, unaware that everything else is about to crash. One came with the goal of finally asking out his crush, but they both have their eyes on the giant bottles of booze. They don’t get very far with either goal before the Y2K bug actually hits, and turns out to be as bad as everyone says it is, only worse. No one predicted that VCRs were going to come alive and Tamagotchis were going to turn murderous, but hindsight is 20/20….or 2000 in this case.
With its action-oriented, apocalyptic premise, Y2K was one of A24’s more expensive ventures — and it unfortunately didn’t pay off, as people didn’t buy quite as many tickets for showings of this as they did with previous A24 features. If you didn’t see it, you’re in good company, but if you’ve got Max you’ll be able to check it out soon and see what you think of it.
Y2K stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, and Fred Durst. It was directed by Kyle Mooney from a script by Mooney and Evan Winter. Winter also produced the film alongside Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Chris Storer, and Cooper Wehde. Y2K will premiere on Max Friday, April 4 and will run on linear HBO the next day at 8 PM ET.
