Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die Teaser: Gore Verbinski Return Movie

After a nine-year hiatus, “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Rango” filmmaker Gore Verbinski is lastly returning to directing. A teaser for his upcoming movie, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” was launched Wednesday, November 12 by Briarcliff Entertainment. In addition, it was introduced that the movie had been moved again a number of weeks, from its preliminary January 30 launch date to February 13, 2026.

Sam Rockwell stars as a person claiming to be from the far-flung future Earth that has fallen into apocalypse and smash. As the film begins, he holds up a diner in Los Angeles, looking for recruits to assist him save the world from devastation. The teaser teases some modern-day cultural commentary, because the apocalypse appears to contain the rising energy of synthetic intelligence, in addition to an irreverent tone that mixes motion with humor.

Alongside Rockwell, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” additionally stars a big ensemble forged that features Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chandhry, Tom Taylor, and Juno Temple. The movie was written by Matthew Robinson, who’s finest recognized for writing and directing the 2009 rom-com “The Invention of Lying” and likewise wrote the script for 2019’s “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.” Verbinski produces the movie with Robert Kulzer, Erwin Stoff, Oly Obst, and Denise Chamian.

Verbinski made his function directorial debut with “Mouse Hunt,” a 1997 household comedy starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans. He rose to better prominence within the early 2000s, when he directed the profitable American remake of the long-lasting Japanese horror movie “The Ring,” in addition to the primary three entries within the wildly standard “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie collection. In 2011, he was nominated for an Oscar for his acclaimed animated Western movie “Rango.” Other movies he directed embody 2001 rom-com “The Mexican” and 2005 comedy “The Weather Man.” In 2013, he directed a movie remake of the favored pulp hero “The Lone Ranger,” which was panned critically and change into a field workplace bomb. His final movie was 2016’s “A Cure for Wellness,” a psychological horror starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth.

“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” made its world premiere on the 2025 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas this previous September. Watch the total teaser for the movie under.