As soon as upon a time, Gore Verbinski was releasing motion pictures at a dependable cadence, from Mouse Hunt and The Ring to the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy. Issues took a flip within the 2010s with a pair of field workplace bombs: 2013’s The Lone Ranger and 2016’s A Treatment for Wellness. He’s been in director purgatory since then, however a possible comeback could also be on the horizon along with his subsequent movie.
Per Deadline, Verbinski has rounded up a solid for his upcoming action-adventure film Good Luck, Have Enjoyable, Don’t Die. Main the ensemble solid is the ever-reliable Sam Rockwell (most just lately seen in Argylle), who’s joined by Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) and Marvel alums Zazie Beez (Deadpool 2), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), and Juno Temple (Ted Lasso). The search is underway for extra castmembers forward of manufacturing beginning later this yr in Cape City, South Africa.
The ilm’s script comes courtesty of Matthew Robinson, who co-wrote 2020’s Love & Monsters. Plotwise, it sees Rockwell as a “man from the long run” who reveals up at a diner in LA to recruit a number of of the individuals inside (Richardson, Beetz, Temple, and Peña). Their mission? Go on a “one-night-six-block quest” to save lots of the world from an AI that’s fated to go rogue and put the world into peril, a la Terminator.
After Treatment got here out, Verbinski was hooked up to direct diversifications for BioShock and George R.R. Martin’s Sandlings, plus the Channing Tatum-led Gambit for Fox. All these fell by way of for his or her respective causes, so it’s good to see him get again behind the digicam after almost a decade away.
Need extra io9 information? Try when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and every little thing it’s good to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.
Trending Merchandise
