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GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE

• Director: Gore Verbinski
• GERMANY, USA / 2025 / DCP / Colour / 134' / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Matthew Robinson
• Director of Photography: James Whitaker
• Editing: Craig Wood
• Music: Geoff Zanelli
• Cast: Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña
• Producer: Gore Verbinski, Robert Kulzer, Erwin Stoff, Oly Obst, Denise Chamian
• Production Co.: Constantin Film, Blind Wink Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
• World Sales: North.Five.Six
• Turkish Rights: Tanweer

Visionary director Gore Verbinski, who helmed three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, returns to the big screen a decade later with another dazzling, thrilling, and imagination-defying production —but this time, he's not heading to the seas, he's heading to the future to battle AI. A man who looks like he's just emerged from a dumpster bursts into a diner in Los Angeles and declares that he has come from the future trying to recruit a team to save the world from AI. This wild dystopian action-comedy, praised for its brilliant cast —from Sam Rockwell to Haley Lu Richardson and Juno Temple— and its visually stunning world filled with special effects, made its debut at the Berlin Film Festival. ‘Look, in our in our story, the future is so fucked up, it didn’t send us Arnold Schwarzenegger. It sent us Sam Rockwell. That’s kind of the state of affairs in our future: you want a hero, and all the heroes are dead. Sorry, this is who we got.’ – Gore Verbinski

This film is screened with the support of Goethe-Institut Istanbul and Kino 2026.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.