Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Trailer Delivers the Wildest Time Travel Movie You’ve Ever Seen

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Time travel is a tricky subject for movies. If the science fiction elements and plot points aren’t carefully crafted, the story can become confusing or fall apart. But when done right, a time travel movie can be incredibly unique and captivating. Films like Back to the Future explore how the past affects the present, while others, like Groundhog Day, use the idea of repeating time to create interesting stories. There are many ways to play with time in cinema.

The new movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die uses time travel to explore current social and political issues through a sci-fi story. It stars a talented cast and is directed by Gore Verbinski, known for films like The Ring and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. You can watch the trailer below!

Starring Sam Rockwell (known from Iron Man 2), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die also features Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), and Haley Lu Richardson (Split). The cast all have experience in quirky, dramatic comedies, and this film seems to fit right into that genre. Luckily, they’re also comfortable with strange and unusual stories, because this movie looks like it’s going to be very odd indeed.

Gore Verbinski became a popular director in the early 2000s, gaining recognition for films like the comedy-drama The Mexican and the successful remake of The Ring (2002). Disney then hired him to launch Pirates of the Caribbean as a major live-action franchise. The first film, Curse of the Black Pearl, was a big hit, leading Disney to ask Verbinski to film two sequels – Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End – consecutively between 2005 and 2006, similar to what they did with The Matrix and Lord of the Rings. This demanding project, and the mixed reception and box office results, likely disrupted Verbinski’s creative momentum. He didn’t direct another film until reuniting with Johnny Depp, his star from the Pirates films, for the critically acclaimed animated movie Rango in 2011.

After Verbinski attempted to reunite with Depp at Disney, the 2013 reboot of The Lone Ranger was a critical and commercial disappointment. It sparked controversy over Depp’s depiction of Tonto, a Native American character, and shocked audiences with its enormous $200 million+ budget. Although the film grossed $260 million worldwide, it significantly damaged Verbinski’s career, landing him in a difficult position with the studio. His attempt to revive his career with the horror film A Cure for Wellness also failed, failing to recoup even its $40 million production cost.

Gore Verbinski’s new film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, marks his return to directing after almost ten years. He’s produced it independently, outside of the major studio system. The initial trailer suggests a fun and energetic movie with a time-travel plot that playfully, yet seriously, warns us about the risks of becoming too comfortable with societal problems.

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2025-11-12 20:40