Director Gore Verbinski has racked up a formidable filmography through the years, from The Ring and the primary three installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to the 2011 Oscar-nominated animated western Rango. Granted, he's had his share of failures (*cough* The Lone Ranger *cough*), but when this trailer is any indication, Verbinski has one other winner on his palms with the absurdist sci-fi darkish comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.
Sam Rockwell stars because the in any other case unnamed “Man from the Future,” who exhibits up at a Los Angeles diner trying like a homeless particular person however claiming to be a time traveler from an apocalyptic future. He's there to recruit the locals into his conflict towards a rogue AI, though the diner patrons are understandably doubtful about his sanity. (“I come from a nightmare apocalypse,” he assures the gang about his grubby look. “That is the peak of f*@ing trend!”) By some means, he convinces a handful of Angelenos to hitch his campaign, and judging by the remaining footage, every kind of chaos breaks out.
Along with the eminently watchable Rockwell, the solid consists of Haley Lu Richardson as Ingrid, Michael Pena as Mark, Zazie Beetz as Janet, and Juno Temple as Susan. Dino Fetscher, Anna Acton, Asim Chaudhury, Daniel Barnett, and Domonique Maher additionally seem in as-yet-undisclosed roles. Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Mendacity, Love and Monsters) penned the script. That is Verbinski's first indie movie, and Tom Ortenberg, CEO of distributor Briarcliff Leisure, praised it as “wildly authentic, endlessly entertaining, and in contrast to something audiences have seen earlier than.” Shade us intrigued.
Good Luck, Don't Die, Have Enjoyable hits theaters on February 13, 2026.
