Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’

Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is finally here to cure his nearly decade-long absence on the big screen.

The Pirates of the Caribbean helmer hasn’t put out a film since early 2017, and to say that the world has changed in the time he’s been away would certainly be an understatement. Following the release of his immaculately designed psychological horror film, A Cure for Wellness, Verbinski sought a return to the animated medium where he won an Oscar as the director-producer of 2011’s Rango. He spent years developing an ambitious sci-fi musical involving funky space felines, but when the project stalled in 2022, it opened the door for him to focus solely on Matthew Robinson’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die script.

Its genre blend of science fiction, action-adventure and comedy meant that its development process was anything but smooth sailing. Every major studio said no,…