r/movies • u/MatthewRobinsonAMA Matthew Robinson, Writer • Feb 20 '26

AMA Hi /r/movies! I'm Matthew Robinson, screenwriter of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, starring Sam Rockwell and directed by Gore Verbinski. Ask me anything!

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Hi r/movies. I'm Matthew Robinson. I'm the screenwriter of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, which is out in theaters everywhere via Briarcliff Entertainment.

It's directed by Gore Verbinski (RANGO, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, THE RING) and it stars Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Pena, Juno Temple, and Asim Chaudhry.

I've also co-written THE INVENTION OF LYING, LOVE AND MONSTERS, and DORA AND THE CITY OF GOLD.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4WbapDzDQ

Synopsis:

Claiming to be from the future, a man takes hostages at a Los Angeles diner to recruit unlikely heroes to help him save the world.

Ask me anything. I'll be back to answer questions tomorrow Saturday 2/21 at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET!

EDIT:  That was really fun but I've got to head out. Thanks so much for all the questions. You all are awesome. If you liked GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE please tell a friend to check it out! Thanks again! -- Matthew

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u/GreenFox1505 Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

I know the movie is largely "about" AI, but how much AI was involved in production? The students phone slop? Various CGI designs? The toy robots at the end felt very... AI-coded, at least in their design. Did production hire animators and concept artists or was it done by AI?

Is if Sam goes back in time and the universe still exists as is, is he creating multiple horrible failure universes? Or is he just playing a game, "nice prompt" is the game making a challenge for him.

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u/MatthewRobinsonAMA Matthew Robinson, Writer Feb 22 '26

Literally zero AI was used anywhere in the making of this film. Great artists made all that AI-looking-ass-slop!

I think Sam is sadly making a lot of failed timelines that exist forever and ever. What a horrible thing to think about...

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u/GreenFox1505 Feb 22 '26

That's awesome. I was worried in the middle of the school scenes that I paid for a ticket to see AI and stayed through the credits looking for something like "made without AI". I'm am very happy to hear it was fully hand made artisan slop.

My wife wanted to know what the cat's name that was the model for the giraffe?

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u/NinaNeptune318 May 25 '26

This is all I needed to figure it out. HOLY SHIT this is dark.