Gore Verbinski Shares The Films That Influenced His Upcoming Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’

Director Gore Verbinski recently discussed the influences behind his latest project, the sci-fi comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, in an interview, according to Collider. Starring Sam Rockwell, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die follows mysterious Man From The Future who holds a group of patrons in a Los Angeles diner hostage to recruit them in helping to stop an impending AI apocalypse. Verbinski’s first film in ten years since 2016’s A Cure for Wellness, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, has already received critical praise since its premiere at Fantastic Fest last year. It currently holds a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Now, in a collaboration with Alamo Drafthouse, Verbinski has revealed the influences behind the film in an interview.

Included on the list were Sidney Lumet’s 1975 biographical crime drama Dog Day Afternoon, starring Al Pacino, about a first-time bank robber, Akira, the 1988 sci-fi anime directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, and Repo Man, a 1984 cult black comedy helmed by Alex Cox and starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die was written by Matthew Robinson, best known for writing and directing the Ricky Gervais comedy The Invention of Lying.

Along with Rockwell, the film stars Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry, Tom Taylor, and Juno Temple.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die opens in theaters on February 13th.