Interviews With "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" Director Gore Verbinski, Stars Sam Rockwell, Hayley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña & Zazie Beetz

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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"Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" is a science fiction action-adventure comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Matthew Robinson. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry, Tom Taylor, and Juno Temple. It tells the story of a man from the future who travels to the past and recruits the patrons of a Los Angeles diner he arrives in to help combat a rogue artificial intelligence. The film premiered at the 2025 Fantastic Fest, where it received positive reviews for its premise, performances, and Verbinski's direction on a smaller budget than what we're used to seeing from him. Verbinski, Rockwell, Lu Richardson, Peña, and Beetz were all kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open in theaters on February 13th from Briarcliff Entertainment. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.4	picture podcast and these are will mavody's interviews with the director for good luck have fun don't
0:36.4	die goribibibeski, and
0:38.3	the film stars Sam Rockwell, Haley Lou Richardson, Michael Pedya, and Zassy Beez.
0:43.3	There's some shit that's about to come down that I can't prepare you for.
0:49.3	It's gonna try to give you everything you ever wanted.
0:52.3	But in the end, it'll all be a lie.
0:59.3	Hey, any of you even listening to me?
1:01.4	Hey, Will. How you doing?
1:02.8	I'm doing great, Gore. It's nice to meet you.
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