Gore Verbinski Returns With Wild Trailer for ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!’ — World of Reel

So, Gore Verbinski is again.

In September, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!” surprise-screened at Fantastic Fest—properly over 4 months earlier than its January 2026 launch. An indication of confidence on the a part of Briarcliff? The movie at present stands at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 79 on Metacritic (primarily based on solely 4 critiques).

As is the case at any time when a movie is screened prematurely, we must always at all times take early reactions with a grain of salt. Still, it’s wanting good to this point for Verbinski’s comeback automobile, and now a trailer has been launched for the movie.

Judging by the trailer, it’s a totally wild journey: an enormous horse, a chaotic celebration, zombies climbing over one another, robotic dolls, missiles, and even an indoor twister—how all this matches right into a single film is anybody’s guess, nevertheless it’s inconceivable to not be intrigued.

“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!” is about to be Verbinski’s first movie in over 9 years. He’s assembled a wonderful forged for his comeback automobile: Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, and Juno Temple.

The movie facilities on a “man from the future” (Rockwell) who arrives at a diner in Los Angeles, the place he should recruit the exact mixture of disgruntled patrons (Richardson, Peña, Beetz, Temple) to hitch him on a one-night, six-block quest to avoid wasting the world from the terminal menace of a rogue synthetic intelligence.

Before his nine-year hiatus, Verbinski had a principally profitable profession with movies like “The Ring,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Rango,” and “The Weather Man.” But then got here the stoop: 2013’s “The Lone Ranger”—one of many largest box-office disasters of all time—adopted by 2016’s “A Cure for Wellness.” He hasn’t directed a movie since.

Briarcliff Entertainment just lately acquired U.S. distribution for “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!” and has set a large theatrical launch for January 30, 2026.