Digger has been cloaked with mystery since its original announcement. Known only up until now as “a comedy of catastrophic proportions,” the upcoming new movie from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu stars Tom Cruise, with an early teaser trailer not revealing his face but revealing that he has cowboy boots and, appropriately enough, a shovel.
Now, a new trailer reveals a lot more about what to expect, revealing Cruise as Digger Rockwell, “the most powerful man in the world” who may be the only one who can save humanity. That does, to be clear, sound like a lot of other Tom Cruise movies. Only, this time around, Cruise’s character is also be to blamed for the disaster at hand.
For Digger, Cruise is joined by an ensemble cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, Emma D’Arcy, Robert John Burke, Burn Gorman, Michael Stuhlbarg, and John Goodman.
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This is Iñárritu’s first movie in four years, following the under-the-radar release of the Netflix-produced Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. Prior to Bardo, though, Iñárritu won back-to-back Best Director Oscars for his films The Revenant and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), the latter also winning Best Picture. This makes Digger a very interesting awards contender this year, especially considering that Cruise received an honorary Academy Award in 2025 but has never won a competitive Oscar in his decades-long career.
Digger premieres in theaters on October 2nd, 2026. Check out the new trailer below, as well as where Tom Cruise lands on our list of the greatest action movie stars ever.