Gore Verbinski’s new movie mixes comedy and sci-fi to warn about AI apocalypse

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Director Gore Verbinski and forged members Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Pena and Zazie Beetz, screenwriter Asim Chaudhry pose throughout a photocall to advertise the film ‘Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Don’t Die’ on the 76th Berlinale Worldwide Movie Competition in Berlin, Germany February 13, 2026.
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Gore Verbinski hopes his movie “Good
Luck, Have Enjoyable, Do not Die” will probably be therapeutic, whereas additionally
cautioning in opposition to the deteriorating impact of expertise and
synthetic ‌intelligence on society, the Oscar-winning director
stated on the Berlin Movie Competition on ⁠Friday.

The movie, screened as a part of the pageant’s non-competition
Particular part, stars Sam Rockwell as a raggedy, unnamed ‌time
traveller from the long run who bursts right into a diner one night time with
a fancy dress ‌of tubes and wires and one aim: ‌selecting ⁠who amongst
the confused patrons will be a part of ⁠him on a mission to cease a future
AI apocalypse.

The result’s an action-packed sci-fi comedy-drama, which
goals to entertain whereas additionally making folks ‌replicate on the dangers
of an over-digitalized society.

“Comedy is de facto, in some ways, the harshest critic,”
Verbinski stated. “And I feel if you’re getting ‌the chortle,
there’s a bit medication in the cake, proper?”

Whereas some persons are selecting up on the social commentary in
the ⁠movie in a dramatic approach, others “are simply consuming cake,” he
added.

Verbinski, well-known for steering movies together with ‌Pirates of
the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl and 2002’s horror The
Ring, stated he additionally sees humour as a approach of illustrating how
society has “normalized a few of this madness.”

The movie alternates motion and comedy with a number of the
characters’ ‌extra dramatic back-stories, which dab at different
present themes in a fashion harking back to dystopian sci-fi
collection “Black Mirror”.

“So far as the political elements to ⁠the movie, clearly one
college taking pictures is just too many,” ⁠57-year-old Rockwell stated, nodding
to the story of Juno Temple’s character Susan.

Nevertheless, “the primary precedence ‌of the movie is to entertain,”
stated Academy Award winner Rockwell. “After which if you happen to come away
with a message, that is nice.”

Revealed on February 14, 2026