AI-focused films from Verbinski to Guadagnino scheduled across 2026

Film releases that grapple with artificial intelligence are clustering across 2026, with Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a documentary called The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, and Luca Guadagnino’s biopic Artificial all lined up for release.

The source piece warns that “the intellectual property equivalent of The Terminator is here to obliterate the concept that the mug who actually wrote something matters somewhat,” and says cinemas are responding by programming films anxious about the new tech. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (13 February) reportedly features a man apparently from the future (Sam Rockwell) who wants to warn people about an incoming AI hellscape. The AI Doc, from the filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once, is due in March, and Guadagnino’s Artificial is described as a biopic of Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.

The reporting gives firm and tentative timings: Verbinski’s film is dated for 13 February, The AI Doc is slated for March, and Artificial is set to appear later in the year. Beyond those scheduling notes, further release details and the wider industry impact are not specified in the piece.

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Culture, Sam Altman, Gore Verbinski, Luca Guadagnino, Sam Rockwell, Openai