‘Digger,’ about a powerful oil man on a mission to prove he’s humanity’s savior, is in theaters Oct. 2
NEED TO KNOW
- Tom Cruise unveiled details about his new movie Digger at a trailer reveal event on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles on July 9
- The trailer debuted on July 13, starring Cruise as a quirky oil magnate
- The Alejandro G. Iñárritu-directed comedy is in theaters Oct. 2
Tom Cruise looks unlike fans have ever seen him before in his new movie Digger.
Warner Bros. revealed the trailer on July 13, starring Cruise, 64, as an unruly oil magnate on a mission to prove he is humanity’s hero “before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything,” per the logline.
The trailer opens with Digger concerned over his cat’s health and yelling at his employee for wanting to shut down a project his company has been working on. It turns out that the project could lead to a costly ($18 trillion, to be exact) disaster, putting Digger in a new role: humanity’s savior.
Cruise previously unveiled the trailer for the Alejandro G. Iñárritu-directed comedy (in theaters Oct. 2) at a Thursday, July 9 Q&A event in Los Angeles, speaking about his dramatic onscreen transformation in his first movie in years outside of the Top Gun or Mission: Impossible franchises.
“I have never had something that could challenge me in this way and neither has Alejandro when we went in, ever. And when you see this film, it’s totally original,” said Cruise.
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Little was previously known about Digger, with a teaser released last December only showing a silhouetted Cruise dancing with a shovel in his hands and standing on top of a fence at what appeared to be a boardwalk. A follow-up trailer included a montage of footage from the superstar’s previous blockbusters.
The newly unveiled footage, introduced at the sneak peek by Iñárritu, 62, shows an almost unrecognizable Cruise as his character Digger Rockwell. Costarring are Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, Emma D’Arcy, Michael Stuhlbarg and John Goodman.
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The “comedy of catastrophic proportions,” per its tagline, was shot entirely in VistaVision.
Cruise, also a producer on Digger, last starred in a non-franchise movie in 2017 with American Made. In May 2025, Ana de Armas told multiple outlets that she and the action star were working with Mission: Impossible helmer Christopher McQuarrie and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman on multiple projects.
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Warner Bros. will release Digger, co-written by Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone and Sabina Berman, in theaters on Oct. 2.
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