Sam Rockwell Shines In Timely New GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE Trailer

Sam Rockwell Shines In Timely New GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE Trailer

Director Gore Verbinski's Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, aims to bring original, sci-fi spectacle back to theaters this February.

By MarkJulian - Jan 09, 2026 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Movies

After generating some buzz back in November with its debut teaser trailer, a new look at director Gore Verbinski's (The Ring, A Cure for Wellness) upcoming Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die sci-fi adventure drama has just dropped.

Check out the new trailer below.

good luck have fun dont die poster

The film carries an incredibly timely message, or perhaps it’s more accurate to call it a cautionary note, about the risks of leaning too heavily on technology and the toll that dependence can take on human connection and empathy.

Early reactions following the film’s surprise debut at Fantastic Fest back in September paint it as a welcome breath of fresh air, and a genuine big-screen event that shouldn’t be dismissed simply because it’s arriving in the proverbial movie studio dumping ground that is February.

The film will be distributed in the U.S. by Briarcliff Entertainment.

In a previous press release, Briarcliff Entertainment CEO Tom Ortenberg shared, "This film is wildly original, endlessly entertaining, and unlike anything audiences have seen before. After seeing it, we immediately knew Briarcliff was the perfect partner to distribute Gore Verbinski’s first independent, bonkers movie. We couldn’t be more excited to share his vision with audiences across the country."

On how the film relates to the current world's introduction and growing reliance on AI, Verbinski stated, "Well, I think in the case of a movie that’s about AI, that’s the sort of, I mean, that’s the beginning, right?"

"I mean, the fact that we don’t communicate with each other, I think is essential to sort of what, you know, it fascinates me that AI sort of, right out of the gate, is taking songwriting and illustration, and all of these kind of, like, what is it going to do next?"

"Does it want to breathe for us? Like, there are certain things we, like, go just, you know, cure cancer, go to Mars. Like, what are you doing attacking the shit that we need to do?"

"A man claiming to be from the future takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage in search of unlikely recruits in a quest to save the world."

Gore Verbinski directs from a script penned by Matthew Robinson.

The film stars Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chandhry, Tom Taylor, and Juno Temple.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die hits North American theaters on February 13. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, back in September.

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