Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die cast and characters: Here's who's bringing the upcoming sci-fi adventure film to life

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is the upcoming film helmed by Gore Verbinski.

The screenplay of this sci-fi adventure comedy film is penned by Matthew Robinson. It premiered at the Fantastic Fest and will be released theatrically on February 13, 2026. Here's the official synopsis as per Letterboxd:

"A man from the future arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night-six-block quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence."

Let's take a look at the film's cast and characters.

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die cast and characters explored

1) Sam Rockwell as the Man From the Future

Sam Rockwell plays an unnamed guy who has come from the future. He is trying to recruit people from a Los Angeles diner to fight off a rogue AI. Rockwell has previously appeared in titles like Moon, The Green Mile, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

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2) Haley Lu Richardson as Ingrid

Haley Lu Richardson is playing Ingrid in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. The character has a separate life story going as a parallel track. Rockwell's character approaches her to help attack the AI. Richardson has appeared in films like Split and The Edge of Seventeen, as well as Love at First Sight.

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3) Other cast members of the film

• Michael Peña as Mark
• Juno Temple as Susan
• Zazie Beetz as Janet
• Daniel Barnett
• Asim Chaudhry
• Tom Taylor
• Dominique Maher
• Dino Fetscher
• Anna Acton

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More about Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is produced by Denise Chamian, Robert Kulzer, Gore Verbinski, Erwin Stoff and Oly Obs. The production banner includes WAM Film, Robert Kulzer Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Blind Wink Productions, and Constantin Film. The film is shot by James Whitaker, while Geoff Zanelli has composed the score.

In an interview with BWT, Gore Verbinski spoke about the film's unreliable narrator.

"I think it’s important that Sam Rockwell’s character remains a sort of untrustworthy narrator. When he walks into the diner, you have to dismiss him as a vagrant who climbed out of a dumpster, who maybe studied Shakespeare at one point in his life, but ended up delusional and needs to be institutionalized."

He further spoke about the importance of having such a protagonist in the film.

"Then, slowly in that opening, it’s tough to start your movie with an 11-page monologue. It’s a very tough thing to do. So getting that to sort of convince us to go on the ride with him, even though we’re not 100% sure if he’s telling the truth. I think keeping him untrustworthy kind of keeps you off balance in a fun way."

Verbinski also said that they did not use any artificial intelligence while making the film.

The film will be released in the theatres by Briarcliff Entertainment on February 13, 2026.

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