Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die: Release date news, cast details and more about the upcoming sci-fi adventure film starring Sam Rockwell

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is a forthcoming film in the science fiction action adventure comedy genre. It is directed by Gore Verbinski, while Matthew Robinson is the writer. The film 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 explore the key details of the film, including its plot and cast.

When will Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die release?

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die will be released by Briarcliff Entertainment on February 13, 2026. The film had its world premiere at the Fantastic Fest. It's produced by Robert Kulzer, Gore Verbinski, Denise Chamian, Erwin Stoff, and Oly Obst. The production banners include 3 Arts Entertainment, Blind Wink Productions, Constantin Film, Robert Kulzer Productions, and WAM Films.

Who is starring in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?

The cast members of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die include,

Sam Rockwell as the Man From the Future
Haley Lu Richardson as Ingrid
Anna Acton
Michael Peña as Mark
Daniel Barnett
Zazie Beetz as Janet
Asim Chaudhry
Tom Taylor
Dominique Maher
Juno Temple as Susan
Dino Fetscher

What is the plot of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is about a man who has come from the future. He travels back in time and arrives in Los Angeles. There, he starts to recruit people at a diner so that he can fight a rogue artificial intelligence. The mission will last a night, and they will have to cover six blocks in the area.

In an interview with BWT, director Gore Verbinski spoke about the threat of AI and social media that he has shown in the film.

"I think that’s the beginning of the erosion. This man from the future is coming back to save the world, but save the world from what? I think that is the primary sickness that allows the other one to manifest. I think the fundamental origins of AI seem to have been focused on what’s your user profile, or how are we going to keep you engaged, or how are we going to know what you buy, what you think, how we’re studying humans and using language."

He added,

"So it seems like that AI version one is sort of been studying us and studying what we like and what we hate to keep us engaged. So that sort of doom scrolling aspect I think it’s fascinating, and because it’s been studying us for a while prior to becoming sentient, then sort of hardwired into its source code is probably all of our flaws. So I think that social media and phones are where we started not talking to each other."

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