Tom Cruise's upcoming movie with Alejandro González Iñárritu finally gets a name and release date
Get ready to see Tom Cruise like never before, as Warner Bros has officially revealed the title of their upcoming film, 'Digger.' Helmed by four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, the studio has also dropped the release date along with a striking poster and teaser, ramping up anticipation and making the wait for this highly anticipated movie harder than expected.
As per reports, 'Digger' will hit theaters on October 2, 2026. The teaser shows Cruise in cowboy boots dancing with a shovel in a run-down apartment and on a pier, looking slightly disheveled, as per Deadline. The poster for 'Digger' carries the tagline, "a comedy of catastrophic proportions." Addressing rumors that the film centers on a powerful global figure posing as a savior, director González Iñárritu told Deadline at Cannes, "No, that's the thing that I can tell you. This is a wild comedy of catastrophic proportions."
He added, "It's insane. He makes me laugh every day. The range that I discovered working with Tom is unprecedented for me as a director. I was so f*****g impressed and happy." The film follows Cruise's character, Digger Rockwell, described as "the most powerful man in the world," who tries to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he caused destroys everything. The teaser, set to Gorillaz's 'O'Green World', shows Digger in a dark room with a shovel before triumphantly standing on a beach boardwalk at sunset, echoing the movie's apocalyptic premise, as per Polygon.
Digger also features Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde, Riz Ahmed, and Emma D'Arcy, though none appear in the teaser or are credited there. Filmed over six months in the UK, it marks Iñárritu’s first English-language feature since 'The Revenant.' Iñárritu co-wrote 'Digger' in 2023 with 'Birdman' collaborators Nicolas Giacobone and Alexander Dinelaris and Macho and Gloria writer Sabina Berman. For Cruise, it is his first Warner Bros Discovery release since 'Edge of Tomorrow', following his January deal to develop and produce theatrical films.
After seemingly concluding the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise with 'The Final Reckoning', Cruise is taking an unexpected turn with 'Digger', a smaller-scale comedy where he appears disheveled and unglamorous. While Cruise has previously thrived on blockbuster franchises like 'Top Gun', this role shows him as a quirky, almost unhinged character, raising questions if he's entering a bold, experimental phase.
