Although A24of Y2K has an original premise, the upcoming horror comedy owes a creative debt to a more family-friendly spin on the same idea. It's pretty easy to learn the creative origins of A24's upcoming horror comedy Y2K. Y2K It follows a pair of cute, elegant teenagers who attend a drinking party on New Year's Eve 1999. In the reality of this movie, Y2KThe “Millennium Bug” becomes a very real fear as electronics around the world begin killing people in disgust at midnight.
The follow-up, One Wild Night, is a classic genre exercise that blends teenage comedy with apocalyptic horror. Y2K is an effective version of horror Super bador an impossible mixture It can't wait long and The Miracle Mile. While filming the robot apocalypse Terminator movies and transfer it to his world Harold and Kumar go to the White Castle is an inspired idea, director Kyle Mooney's upcoming film also has another influence from it. As several online commenters have pointed out, Y2K It takes cues from the 90s classic, both visually and story-wise.
A24's Y2K are little soldiers
Joe Dante's 90's Classic focuses on toys
Y2K is effective Little soldiers With an R-rating so “Gory violence, strong sexual content/nudity, rampant language and teenage drug and alcohol use.” Director Gremlins helmer Joe Dante, Little soldiers The 1998 adventure film sees a young boy's toy soldiers come to life thanks to a military-grade microchip. This chip turns small toys into real-life killing machines that soon wreak havoc in the hero's hometown. With an assembled cast including Kirsten Dunst, David Cross, Tommy Lee Jones and the late, great Phil Hartman, Little soldiers combines sharp satire with family-friendly adventure.
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It will be released on December 6, 2024.
Although Little soldiers Rated PG-13, the film's violence is relatively minimal. There are a few bloody injuries, but nothing more violent than the cartoon mayhem seen in Dante's film. Gremlins. In contrast, Y2K promises a darker turn in the same building where the deadly takeover of harmful malfunctioning toys by machines is just the beginning. A scene Y2K's trailer sees a toy truck light up guests' faces with a homemade aerosol can, proving that the film is about to get even nastier. Little soldiers. It can Y2K a fun twist on this promising concept.
Y2K Rating allows A24 Horror Movie to go further
Little Soldiers is Restricted to a PG-13 Rating
Although there are some scenes of danger in Dante's film, Little soldiers thanks to its family-friendly rating, it's never too dark. The film's toys are menacing, but the real scares are few and far between, and most of the film's most violent moments happen off-screen. In contrast, Y2K's risqué horror-comedy story is full of bloody violence and scenes of mass carnage. The trailer features footage of two passenger planes crashing into each other and a young protagonist being brutally stabbed in the head by a toy truck. Y2KThe R-rating means it's not as restrictive as it is Little soldiers.
This will result in an interesting tone because Little soldiers surely it needs the confines of a PG-13 rating. Although released in 1998, Little soldiers It has the tone of an 80s Amblin movie Batteries Not Included, Gooniesor Arachnophobia. In contrast, Y2K It could potentially be darker, according to the MPAA description. However, Y2K It needs that same adventure-centric tone because a teen comedy shouldn't take itself too seriously. Y2K’s eponymous disaster could make the film surprisingly dark, but Mooney should instead try to balance laughs and fear like Dante.
Small Soldiers Never Received Official Pursuits
Dante's Kino low-performance release
Since the film grossed only $70 million on a $40 million budget, Little soldiers never got a sequel or reboot. There was a project called Justin Lin Toymaggedon Around 2014 and this story of a toy factory going into comic chaos, the franchise was rumored to be a secret reboot. However, Toymaggedon never formally named a Little soldiers reboot and the project was canceled after Disney bought Fox in 2019. So the Rachel Zegler car Y2K may be the closest thing Little soldiers you will receive no follow-up.
of course Y2K With A24's history of great releases in the horror genre and stellar cast, it could also be a surprise hit. If so, Y2K can revive interest Little soldiers brand. Thus Dante's family film inspired years later A24upcoming horror comedy, Y2k could indirectly bring back the franchise by reminding viewers how much fun his Toys Gone Bad story was.