{"id":27588,"date":"2024-12-05T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27588"},"modified":"2024-12-08T00:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T05:17:54","slug":"y2k-kyle-mooney-evan-winter-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=27588","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Y2K\u2019 Filmmakers Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter on Recreating 1999 for the Horror\/Comedy (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people will probably know Kyle Mooney from his nine-season tenure on NBC\u2019s \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d but in 2017, he wrote and starred in the comedy <\/span><b><i>Brigsby Bear<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which debuted to acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, showing him to be capable of much more than short comedy sketches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Mooney is back, teaming with his long-time friend Evan Winter to direct and co-write <\/span><b><i>Y2K<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a horror-comedy starring Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, and Julian Dennison (<\/span><b><i>Hunt for the Wilderpeople<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), as three high school kids who attend a New Year\u2019s Eve party on the eve of the year 2000, only to experience absolute terror when technology comes to life and starts killing people at the stroke of midnight. Apparently, the worries of 1999 were far more pervasive in the minds of Mooney and Winter to come up with that idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke with Mooney and Winter about how <\/span><b><i>Y2K<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came together, casting the young actors and Mooney\u2019s own role. They also told us about how they managed to get a well-known 1999 personality to appear in the movie in a much bigger role than some might be expecting &#8212; it\u2019s better not to know who that is, since it\u2019s a fun surprise. We also learned from<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Mooney how his return to \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d came about a few weeks back, for him to appear in a sketch and the monologue by host and musical guest, Charlie XCX.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27593\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Y2KPoster-696x1031.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Writer\/Directors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Kyle Mooney, The Kid Laroi, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: \u200b\u200b<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Christopher Storer, Cooper Wehde, Evan Winter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong Baby, American Light &amp; Fixture, A24, New Zealand Film Commission<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Violence|Some Sexuality|Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Horror, Comedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> December 6, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour 33 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer\u00a0 below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"P4f9gCTLhYs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Y2K | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4f9gCTLhYs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people will probably know Kyle Mooney from his nine-season tenure on NBC\u2019s \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d but in 2017, he wrote and starred in the comedy Brigsby Bear, which debuted to acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, showing him to be capable of much more than short comedy sketches. 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