(L to R) Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and director Gore Verbinski talk about ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’.
Opening in theaters on February thirteenth is the sci-fi comedy ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’, which was directed by Gore Verbinski (‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’) and stars Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (’Iron Man 2’), Haley Lu Richardson (‘The White Lotus’), Zazie Beetz (‘Deadpool 2’), Michael Peña (‘Ant-Man’), and Juno Temple (‘Venom: The Final Dance’).
“Time is operating out. Are you prepared to hitch the revolution?”
Launch Date: Feb 13, 2026
Run Time: 2 hr 14 min
Moviefone just lately had the pleasure of talking with director Gore Verbinski, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña, and Haley Lu Richardson about their work on ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’, why Verbinski wished to make the film and his alternative to make use of a chapter construction, Beetz, Peña, and Richardson’s first reactions to the script, Beetz and Richardson’s expertise working with Verbinski on set, and what it was like for Richardson to work with the remainder of the ensemble solid.
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‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’ director Gore Verbinski. Picture: Briarcliff Leisure.
Moviefone: To start with, Gore, are you able to speak about your first response to the screenplay and why you wished to make it?
Gore Verbinski: I assumed Matthew’s opening monologue scared me, but in addition was sensible. Matthew Robinson, our author. I believe you usually do not begin a film with an 11-page monologue. I used to be nervous, however then I used to be additionally conscious of the truth that the viewers is just like the patrons of norms. If we pull this off, they’re coming for the journey. So, breaking that down, dissecting that and understanding instantly I wished Sam. I do not assume there’s anyone else who might do it. Sam Rockwell simply has that capability to underpin all of that with a way of some deep ache. There’s one thing trustworthy beneath all of it. It isn’t simply exposition. In order that was in all probability what first initially drew me to the venture. Then we did plenty of work. Matthew’s draft was written in 2017, so AI was nonetheless one thing on the horizon again then. I believe I used to be like, “Nicely, it is right here.” So, we would have liked to vary all of that. The antagonist of the film I believe needed to be extra related to what we’re experiencing in our each day lives.
MF: Zazie, what was your first response to the screenplay and the dystopian future it predicts?
Zazie Beetz: I get despatched a bunch of various scripts on a regular basis, which is fantastic, and most are nice. The reward actually is, I really feel like yearly or as soon as even each two years, you learn a script the place you are like, “Oh my God. Hell sure.” I discuss so much about if one thing is not a “Hell sure” then it is a “Hell no” whenever you’re selecting tasks. However normally, it is grey. There’s plenty of issues you could muddle via and determine what actually is the suitable match or not. It is not often ever simply sure. I felt that means the primary 10 pages of this script, studying the diner scene, which is the primary 10 minutes of the film and picturing Sam doing this and with Gore on the helm. I used to be like, “That is simply glowing for me.” I additionally simply resonated a lot with the message, and I assumed audiences would too. I simply was like, “I must be part of this venture.”
(L to R) Michael Peña, Sam Rockwell, and Zazie Beetz star in ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’. Picture: Briarcliff Leisure.
MF: Michael, did you’re feeling the identical means about your character and the venture whenever you first learn the script?
Michael Peña: Yeah, completely. I do know that there is some individuals that do not learn all the things they’re provided or something that they are being thought of for. I have a tendency to try this. I like studying scripts from The Black Record. They’re good, and I’ve finished a few these films, which I believe is superior, and I like to recommend any actor or producer, learn all the things off The Black Record as a result of it is one of the best of one of the best. However I like studying scripts and I like story on the whole. Like Zazie stated, there’s a few occasions the place you learn a script and you are like, “I like it”, when you do not precisely know why you need to do a film. It is identical to a vibe. There are some feels connected to it. I used to be like, “Wow, I can not sleep.” I’ve had that with ‘Crash’, I had that with ‘Finish of Watch’, and I had that with this. I am like, “I simply need to be part of it. I do not know why.” A number of occasions once they’re not big budgets, you are not being compensated loopy, however the ardour I believe reveals up.
MF: Haley, what was your first response to the screenplay and what it says in regards to the world we stay in and our attainable future?
Haley Lu Richardson: Nicely, it says so much, and my reactions had been so much. I maintain saying that this was the funniest script I’ve ever learn, but in addition essentially the most unsettling. It is a loopy film. Gore’s been describing it from day one as his psychotic opera, which it very a lot is. It is psychotic and ridiculous, however in a means that is what makes it unsettling is that it is not unrealistic. The themes within the film are direct reflections of our actuality. The issues we’ve skilled already in our existence and the issues we’re imminently up for, I do not essentially assume once we had been filming it was a possible future, however now it sort of feels like that is actually what’s occurring, and that is so much to course of.
Haley Lu Richardson stars in ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’.
MF: Gore, are you able to discuss in regards to the distinctive chapter construction of the movie and getting an opportunity to inform every character’s story in a selected means?
GV: I believe there are movies like ‘Pulp Fiction’, I suppose. There are movies that try this, that return. You do not actually have a three-act construction whenever you try this. Typically you’ve gotten, notably in our case, we’ve 5 narrative threads which are all pulling themselves collectively. It is difficult as a result of I believe once I first began out on this enterprise, they might say, “You may’t combine genres. You may by no means combine a style.” However that is all we do now. There are romantic comedies with vampires. All we do is combine genres now. Then they’re like, “Nicely, you’ll be able to’t combine tone.” However are you able to? Are you able to combine tone? We’ve plenty of tonalities on this film. I believe that is what retains you guessing. There was a factor the place, tone was the factor that needed to be constant as a result of in any other case you may break one thing. However I believe if you happen to take 5 tales with barely completely different tones, you’ll be able to weave them collectively. They’re all relative to our third act. They’re all drawing us in the direction of this sense of inevitable. So, it was difficult, and it was enjoyable to play with that as a result of I believe we’ve plenty of humor, we’ve plenty of social commentary, and we’ve plenty of taboos that we’re coping with. So, holding that every one collectively, there was not going to be one kind of tonal package deal that was going to make that work.
MF: Haley, what was your expertise like working with Gore on set and watching the particular means he makes films?
HLR: Nicely, I used to be pleasantly shocked by Gore’s boyish inside little one and pleasure. His ardour is so giddy and childlike, in a gorgeous means. We known as him “Night time Shoot Gore” as a result of he would come out and have a cigar and be rabid together with his monitor on high of a roof, which was in all probability unsafe as a result of he wasn’t harnessed in or something. He’d simply be standing on a roof together with his cigar and his monitor watching a scene of us preventing off teenage zombies and he’d be saying all of the traces to himself and shaking. He is manic and he is so excited. Whenever you’re working with somebody that is the chief, that is excited and cares, he simply retains the vitality up. He was as protecting of Ingrid as I used to be of Ingrid, which can also be new for me. Typically I really feel like I have to actively rise up and struggle for shielding a personality and issues that they want, artistically or emotionally in moments. However Gore was actively protecting of those characters on this film. Within the trailer, it says, “From Unhinged Gore Verbinski.” I am like, yeah, that’s correct in one of the simplest ways.
(L to R) Asim Chaudhry, Juno Temple, Michael Peña, Sam Rockwell, Zazie Beetz and Haley Lu Richardson star in ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’. Picture: Briarcliff Leisure.
MF: Zazie, what was your expertise like working with Gore on this venture?
ZB: Gore, I’d say is really the captain of his ship. He has a really clear imaginative and prescient, and I believe that is additionally crucial for a film like this the place there’s plenty of heightened vitality, plenty of hectic and chaotic vitality the place I really feel just like the circulate might get misplaced if there is not somebody who’s very clear about how he desires this structured. So, it was nice to have him to lean on if I had questions on tonal parts or about the place my character was at. He had thought this film via. You might actually lean on him for that if you happen to felt like, “Wait, the place am I at?” Mike and I, we did plenty of work collectively, however he was this rock-solid board you can be like, “Okay, you are telling me to do what?” In order that was good.
MF: Lastly, Haley, what was it like for you working with Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Zazie, Michael, and the remainder of the ensemble solid?
HLR: Truthfully, I actually could not have been with a greater group of people. Really, we had a lot enjoyable. I felt the same factor on ‘The White Lotus’ when it is like, we’re all so completely different. We’re all completely different ages. All of us have completely different life expertise, however someway you set us all collectively and we’ve an evening out ingesting and dancing and it really works. It is one of the best time. We had so many night time shoots on this film. It was only a blast. I simply actually love these guys. We had enjoyable collectively and I additionally felt protected with them. I like all of them for various causes and assume they’re wonderful within the film.
(L to R) Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña, Sam Rockwell, and Haley Lu Richardson star in ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’. Picture: Briarcliff Leisure.
What’s the plot of ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’?
A person (Sam Rockwell) from the long run travels to the previous and recruits the patrons of a Los Angeles diner he arrives in to assist fight a rogue synthetic intelligence.
Who’s within the solid of ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’?
Sam Rockwell stars in ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die’. Picture: Briarcliff Leisure.
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