Keanu Reeves stars in a brand new comedy as an angel who isn’t significantly good at being a guardian. Lionsgate not too long ago shared a few trailers for Good Fortune, however has now launched character posters and the official one-sheet. Aziz Ansari stars within the movie and it marks his directorial debut. Ansari additionally wrote the script and becoming a member of him within the forged are Reeves, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh. Anthony Katagas, Alan Yang, and Ansari produce, with Brady Fujikawa and Jon Humphrey overseeing at Lionsgate. Whereas exec producers embody Aniz Adam Ansari, Jonathan McCoy, Christopher Woodrow and Connor DiGregorio. Keep tuned for our overview because the movie will probably be one of many options we’ll get to see on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition subsequent month.
The official synopsis reads,
“In GOOD FORTUNE, a well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Aziz Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Seth Rogen).”
Aziz Ansari introduced the trailer to his movie to CinemaCon final 12 months. After the trailer was proven, Ansari took the stage. He mentioned he “hates that comedies are now not going to theaters. So he needed to show you might make a giant comedy with stars that will probably be hit. He needed it to be within the vein of massive comedies like Anchorman and 40 Yr Previous Virgin. Keanu – the person Chad Stahelski couldn’t break whereas making the John Wick films – really broke his knee by tripping on a run in his dressing room. He did the entire film with a damaged knee however you’ll be able to’t inform. He needed to do the whole lot and simply plowed by way of.“
“We have indeed found good fortune with this film. We love the script and believe strongly in Aziz as both a performer and a director. And when you add in Seth and Keanu – two incredible world-class talents — toplining alongside Aziz, this has the potential to be a very special film for us. We moved quickly to land this project once it was available,” mentioned Lionsgate Movement Image Group Chair Joe Drake.
The film comes out on October 17, following a debut at TIFF.
