He directed the biggest adventure saga of the 2000s, then disappeared after a box office flop: returns with a sci-fi adventure.

A director’s career is never guaranteed. It doesn’t matter if you’re directing a hit movie or behind a hit franchise, one mistake can cost you. This is what happened to Gore Verbinski, who went behind the camera in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and who, after a famous failure, disappeared from Hollywood. He is now back with a sci-fi project that promises to be quite intriguing…

Gore VerbinskiHe is the father of Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and the beloved Jack Sparrow, who brought the most legendary adventure saga of the 2000s to the big screen: Pirates of the Caribbean. Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was a box office success, grossing over $654 million worldwide. The film, starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, originally had two sequels: The Cursed Chest (2006), which grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide, and Dead End (2007). which earned more than $960 million at the worldwide box office.

In 2011, the franchise returned with Fountain of Youth, followed by Salazar’s Revenge in 2017, the fifth and final Jack Sparrow adventure, both signed by different directors.

As the franchise continued without him, Gore Verbinski In turn, he made films, which unfortunately did not really work. Rango (2011) grossed over $245 million on a $135 million budget. Lone Ranger: Birth of a Hero (2013) arrived later: with Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in the title role, the film cost $215 million and grossed over $260 million worldwide. The profit was not great.

The last straw was A Cure for Life (2017) with Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth. Despite the good reviews, the film did not do well at the box office: it cost $40 million and grossed just over $26 million.

A new project to save the whole world

Seven years have passed since then Gore Verbinski ready to perform again. This time the filmmaker returns to action on a sci-fi project starring Sam Rockwell.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die follows a man from the future who arrives at a Los Angeles restaurant with the goal of recruiting a specific group of disgruntled customers to save the world from an artificial intelligence threat that has taken over. rebelled. This is intriguing!

In addition Sam RockwellHaley Lou Richardson (Two Meters Away, White Lotus), Zazie Beetz (Joker, Deadpool 2), Michael Peña (Clash, Ant) and Juno Temple (Ted Lasso, Fargo) star in the film. Production began last May, so we can envision a 2025 release. It will be continued.

Meanwhile, the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, including Gore Verbinski’s original trilogy, can be found on Disney+.