Keanu Reeves transforms into 'inept' guardian angel as he stars alongside Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer in Aziz Ansari's directorial debut Good Fortune

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Keanu Reeves is set to transform into an 'inept' guardian angel in Aziz Ansari's directorial debut Good Fortune alongside Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer.
The comedy follows Gabriel (Keanu), a well-meaning but inept angel who meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Aziz) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Seth).
And the first trailer for the highly anticipated comedy has now been released, giving fans a look into Keanu's angel portrayal.
The John Wick star, 60, is an unconventional angel, doing his duties in a police detective-style jacket, a shirt and tie.
He also sports a very small pair of wings on his back, which are made even smaller by the appearance of Sandra Oh's character Martha's set. Keke Palmer also stars.
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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: '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 a Los Angeles Denny's restaurant.
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 pastime.
'Wait,' Ansari says. 'You're telling me I have a budget guardian angel?'
The film marks Ansari's feature directorial debut following his stint as the star and creator of Netflix's Master of None.
Written, directed, produced, executive produced by and starring Aziz, Good Fortune is a reimagining of his previous attempt at a directorial debut, Being Mortal.
He also sports a very small pair of wings on his back, which are made even smaller by the appearance of Sandra Oh's character Martha's set
His directorial debut was initially slated for 2022 under the title Being Mortal but the film fell through at Searchlight Pictures after then-star Bill Murray was accused of sexually harassing a young female crew member.
Bill reportedly paid a $100,000 settlement to the woman in 2022 at the conclusion of the investigation.
In an interview with the New York Times in April, Murray admitted that the incident still haunts him to this day — even as he remained defiant about the investigation's outcome, which he said was not 'justice.'
Before recounting his alleged behaviour, he prefaced it by saying, 'I dunno what prompted me to do it. It's something that I had done to someone else before, and I thought it was funny, and every time it happened, it was funny.'
Murray explained that, with filming during the coronavirus pandemic when people were wearing masks, he gave the unnamed female crew member — who was also masked — a kiss.
'It wasn't like I touched her, but it was just, I gave her a kiss through a mask.'
Seth and Keke were both attached to star in Being Mortal, which was based on Atul Gawande's 2014 book of the same name.
In 2022, Keke told Variety that the film would need 'a major rewrite' to be completed without Bill, but that: 'If somebody could figure it out, it's Aziz.'