Aziz Ansari is taking his directing skills from Master of None to the big screen. His feature film directorial debut, Good Fortune, is officially on the way — and the first trailer has arrived.
The comedy brings together a heavyweight cast: Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, and Ansari himself. Lionsgate dropped the trailer this week, teasing a mix of heavenly mischief, body-swapping chaos, and timely questions about money and fulfillment. Good Fortune will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September before opening in theaters nationwide on October 17, 2025.
The film follows Gabriel (Reeves), a well-meaning but incompetent angel whose day job is saving people from texting and driving. Craving more purpose, he’s given a new mission: guide Arj (Ansari), a struggling gig worker barely getting by.
Gabriel’s plan? Show Arj that money isn’t everything by orchestrating a Freaky Friday-style body swap with wealthy tech entrepreneur Jeff (Rogen). But when Arj quickly decides wealth might actually fix his problems, Gabriel’s lesson begins to backfire in hilarious ways.
The trailer captures Gabriel’s rooftop pleas for more meaningful duties, his awkward introduction as a “budget guardian angel,” and the chaos that unravels once the body-swap begins.
Good Fortune is Ansari’s first film role in nearly a decade — his last being 2014’s Date and Switch. It also marks his long-awaited feature directorial debut, after his previous attempt (Being Mortal) was shelved in 2022 following on-set issues involving Bill Murray.
Ansari not only stars and directs but also co-wrote and produced the film alongside longtime collaborator Alan Yang and Anthony Katagas. Executive producers include Aniz Adam Ansari, Jonathan McCoy, Christopher Woodrow, and Connor DiGregorio.