Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for Good Fortune, its new high-concept comedy starring Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, and Aziz Ansari, which marks the feature debut of the latter, as writer-director.
Slated for release in theaters on October 17, Good Fortune introduces Reeves as Gabriel, a well-meaning but rather inept angel who decides to intervene in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Rogen).
When the trailer opens, Gabriel is on a rooftop overlooking Los Angeles, speaking with another angel named Martha (Sandra Oh).
“Martha, is there any way I can have more meaningful duties?” Gabriel asks. “I want to guide people; I want to change their lives.”
Martha tells him that “to save a lost soul, you have to find a lost soul.” But for Gabriel, this doesn’t take long. He discovers one in Ansari’s character, while standing one night atop an L.A. Denny’s.
Gabriel approaches the man, letting him know that he’s an angel — one who’s “normally only in charge of saving people from texting and driving,” but is now looking for a more meaningful pasttime.
“Wait,” Ansari says. “You’re telling me I have a budget guardian angel?”
Also starring Keke Palmer, Good Fortune is produced by Ansari, Anthony Katagas, and Ansari’s longtime collaborator Alan Yang.
Preparing for the June 6 release of female-driven John Wick spin-off Ballerina, starring Ana De Armas, Lionsgate’s upcoming slate for the year also includes titles like the crime thriller Americana (August 22), starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser; Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk (September 12); The Strangers — Chapter 2 (September 26); magic-themed threequel Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (November 14); and the psychological thriller The Housemaid (December 25), starring Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar, among others.
Watch the trailer for Good Fortune by clicking above.