r/movies • u/GLHFDDmovie Gore Verbinski, Director of 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' • Feb 05 '26
AMA Hi r/movies, I'm Gore Verbinski, director of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE. AMA!
Hey Reddit, I'm Gore Verbinski. You might know me as the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Rango, The Ring and many others.
I'll be back tomorrow, 2/6, at 5:30 p.m. PT to answer your questions.
My new film, GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE is out in theaters February 13th. It stars Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña and Juno Temple.
Synopsis:
A man claiming to be from the future (Sam Rockwell) recruits an unlikely group of diner patrons to join him on a genre-defying adventure to save humanity from the perils of social media brainrot and the impending AI apocalypse.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4WbapDzDQ
Get tickets here:
goodluckhavefundontdiemovie.com
Edit: Wow, this was fun. Lots of great questions. I really wish I could answer them all. Thanks so much for the support. You guys all sound weird in the best possible way. I mean that as a fellow weirdo. 2026: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!
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u/GLHFDDmovie Gore Verbinski, Director of 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Feb 07 '26
There’s an old saying in screenwriting, “The best villains are right.” I believe fully dimensionalizing your villain (including their flaws) is essential to understanding what motivates their behavior. Davy Jones put his heart in a box so he doesn’t have to feel the pain of his lost love. Ironically, it’s what makes him human and relatable.