Gore Verbinski’s New Movie Looks Like the Wildest Thing Ever

We’ve all thought about it. What would we do if someone from the future came back and told us something terrible was about to happen? Would we believe them? Call them crazy? It’s quite the dilemma. Now, what if that person showed up when you were at Norm’s and was dressed like an insane garbage robot?

That’s how things start in the latest film from director Gore Verbinski. It’s called Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die and stars Sam Rockwell as the time traveler who has the apocalyptic message. And, from the looks of this first trailer, he’s not lying.

Written by Matthew Robinson (Love and Monsters, The Invention of Lying), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die has a pretty stacked cast beyond just the Oscar winner Rockwell. There’s Haley Lu Richardson (White Lotus), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Asim Chandhry (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), Tom Taylor (House of the Dragon), and Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), too.

And that cast is in what looks like a completely wild film. Like, was that a giant horse? What happened at that birthday party? Are those zombies climbing on top of each other? Where did the robotic dolls come from? Who shot that missile? Is that an indoor tornado? How the hell does all this fit together into one movie? Can it all fit into one movie?

We have no idea, but we are honestly very excited to find out. Early festival reviews have been largely positive, so there’s a very good chance Verbinski has a winner here. That said, Verbinski hasn’t made an inarguably great movie in almost 15 years, so it’s unclear if he’s still got his fastball. We hope so, though.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die comes to theaters on February 13. Do you think it’s going to live up to that excellent trailer?

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