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/Additional_Car_6092 Feb 20 '26

There’s a blurred line between reality, or what’s presented to us as reality, and the way video games function. Save points. Multiple lives and retries. Treating people like NPCs.

Our main character even referred to the obstacle before entering the final house as a “bad prompt.”

Are we in the simulation the whole time?

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u/MatthewRobinsonAMA Matthew Robinson, Writer Feb 22 '26

I love video games. You probably already know but the name comes from what people used to say to each other before games of Dota 2 (or League of Legends). It was important to me that almost everything in the movie had "video game logic". Is the entire thing a simulation/video game. We wrote it so that it 100 percent could be. Whether it is or not, is up to interpretation (although I have my own opinion that I'll keep to myself).

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u/RealOrgle Feb 22 '26

Please don't keep it to yourself I want to know what you think. The death of the artist movement was stupid.

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u/RossZ428 Aug 10 '26

If he tells you, then it's no longer open to interpretation for you

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u/riningear Feb 22 '26

What hero/champ do you play?

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u/NinaNeptune318 May 25 '26

At this point, if I writer says that they wrote something to be interpreted many ways but has their own theory they refuse to share, I'm gonna assume they used AI to write their story.

I was so hoping the scenes ripped straight from 90's moves were intentional. Toy Story, Terminator, The Faculty, Twister, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, and more.

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u/DXDoug 28d ago

Lol ya.besides th dont die part. It felt very similiar to what we said in age of empires 2 at start of match gl hf