There was a time when Gore Verbinski was the hottest director in Hollywood. The guy used a scope and scale as a weapon for his Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. His work in horror on The Ring created a generation terrified of VHS tapes. And he even delved into animation with the creative and exciting Rango, which we love. But Verbinski has been quiet in recent years. He hasn't had a feature film since 2016's A Cure for Wellness. Now he's back with Good Luck, Have, Don’t Die!. It's an exciting action science fiction movie where a man from the future arrives at a diner in Los Angeles to recruit some of the patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from rogue artificial intelligence. That movie just premiered in LA at Beyond Fest, and is set to hit theaters this January.Verbinski joined a post-screening Q&A and, when asked about the current state of Hollywood, opened up on how hard the climate has gotten for filmmakers, even famous ones like himself. This is a hard time for original content. It feels like the big studios just want sequels and the streamers are shackled by their algorithms.Verbinski's new movie is an original idea. One that sounds unique and fun and interesting and unlike all the other stuff we're getting in the theaters. But as he points out, it's very hard to tell those stories today. With Hollywood so motivated by the box office, they're always trying to...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - 2 days ago