Gore Verbinski looks ready to shake things up at a time when theaters are packed with reboots, remakes, and never-ending franchises.<\/p>\n
The director, whose style shaped everything from the unnerving chills of The Ring to the moody, Gothic feel of A Cure for Wellness, is finally headed back to the big screen with something genuinely original.<\/p>\n
Early reactions from the film\u2019s surprise screening at Fantastic Fest in September have been surprisingly strong. People are calling it a fresh, ambitious standout, and many think it could make a real splash even though it\u2019s arriving in early 2026, a release window that big movies often skip.<\/p>\n
In a previous press release, Briarcliff Entertainment CEO\u00a0Tom Ortenberg shared, “This film is wildly original, endlessly entertaining, and unlike anything audiences have seen before.\u00a0After seeing it, we immediately knew Briarcliff was the perfect partner to distribute Gore Verbinski\u2019s first independent, bonkers movie. We couldn\u2019t be more excited to share his vision with audiences across the country.”<\/p>\n
On how the film relates to the current world’s introduction and growing reliance on AI, Verbinski stated,<\/a> “Well, I think in the case of a movie that\u2019s about AI, that\u2019s the sort of, I mean, that\u2019s the beginning, right?”<\/p>\n “I mean, the fact that we don\u2019t 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?”<\/p>\n “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?”<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been chosen to save the future. Watch the all-new teaser for GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON\u2019T DIE, from director Gore Verbinski.<\/p>\n Starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Pe\u00f1a, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry and Juno Temple. Only in theaters February 13. pic.twitter.com\/EUrFgMLTEZ<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been chosen to save the future. GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON\u2019T DIE comes to Regal February 13. pic.twitter.com\/UklBOtjF3B<\/a><\/p>\n
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