Good Fortune release date, what to expect, trailer breakdown, and more about Keanu Reeves-Aziz Ansari's movie

Good Fortune marks the directorial debut of Aziz Ansari, who also wrote, produced, and acted as one of the lead roles in the fantasy comedy drama. The movie premiered at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) earlier this month and will be landing in cinemas this October 2025. Good Fortune focuses on a wild journey of a guardian angel, who swaps a wealthy man's life with a mere gig worker, leading to a hilarious turn of events. Here's everything you need to know about Good Fortune.

Good Fortune release date

The fantasy comedy drama will be released in cinemas on October 17, 2025. After Aziz Ansari's debut directorial, Being Mortal, got cancelled in 2022, the 42-year-old filmmaker went ahead with plans to direct Good Fortune. According to reports, due to Keanu Reeves' injury, the filming got a little delayed back in 2024.

Good Fortune cast members

While Keanu Reeves will be seen as the guardian angel Gabriel who swipes the lives with his magic, Aziz Ansari plays the struggling gig worker Arj, and Seth Rogen plays the wealthy dude Jeff. Meanwhile, Keke Palmer plays another struggling worker, Elena, and Arj's working partner. Sandra Oh plays another angel, Martha, and Sherry Cola plays shaman Nana who is attacked by Gabriel.

For the unversed, Seth Rogen recently won his first Emmy Award for the AppleTV show The Studio, which achieved a staggering thirteen Emmy Awards at the 77th edition, the highest this year.

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What to expect from Good Fortune

The movie is expected to be quite simple which delves into guardian angel Gabriel, who decides to shake things up for two men who are poles apart. While one is a rich venture capitalist, the other has been struggling all his life with several odd jobs, trying to survive and sustain. Good Fortune shows Gabriel meddling with these two men, but with well-intended efforts, leading to hilarious chaos and entanglement.

Things get more problematic each time Gabriel tries to help the two men with his magic. The movie explores comical sequences of his actions. Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen's role exchange is also one of the comical parts of the movie.

Good Fortune trailer breakdown

The 2-minute-22-second video proves that money does buy happiness when you are struggling and barely able to survive! The trailer highlights how Good Fortune brings out the different avatar of Keanu Reeves, who rose to fame with his action sequences in John Wick and Matrix film franchises.

The trailer of Good Fortune shows the angel Gabriel losing his wings after falling on Earth, and is forced to take up human jobs to sustain. However, he has one motive to prove to all the gig workers that wealth is not the ultimate solution in life by switching lives with one of them.

FAQs:

Q. When will Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune release?

A. Aziz Ansari's directorial, Good Fortune, is releasing in cinemas on October 17, 2025.

Q. Who all are in the star cast of the Good Fortune movie?

A. Good Fortune features Keanu Reeves, Emmy-winning Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari himself in the lead roles.