Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. have officially revealed the title of their new movie with Alejandro G. Iñárritu: “Digger,” as Cruise revealed on his social media accounts. It’s out October 2, 2026, according to the Saul Bass-inspired poster shared on Thursday, below. Per that poster and a first look teaser, it’s also a “comedy of catastrophic proportions.”
This is Cruise’s first movie with Iñárritu, from whom he accepted an honorary Academy Award at this year’s Governors Awards onstage at the Dolby earlier this fall. It’s also Warner Bros.’ pairing with the Mexican Oscar-winning director, and his first English-language film since “The Revenant” in 2025, which was at 20th Century.
Working again with his multi-Oscar-winning director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki (“Gravity,” “Birdman,” “The Revenant”) and in 35mm VistaVision, Iñárritu shot the film in the United Kingdom in late 2024 through early 2025. The plot so far has been kept under wraps. Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, and Emma D’Arcy are in the cast for the film in which, as the clearly Saul Bass-inspired poster revealed, Tom Cruise is named Digger. (And “Digger Rockwell,” according to IMDb.)
Here’s what Iñárritu told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson earlier this year about the film: “We’re going to finish in February, March… We still have a long way [in] post-production,” which suggests a likely fall festival premiere, as the “Birdman” director’s films often go with Venice.
“It was the most amazing, unexpected, sweet, gentle relation that I have had on a set,” Iñárritu said of Cruise. “His manners, his understanding, his passion, and his integrity, and the way he prepares. He loves the process. Filmmaking has been his life for 40 years. I have never seen somebody so devoted. I was happy to share with him that passion. And at the same time, we built an incredible relation of mutual trust. He will surprise the world. People will see a new kind of thing. It was blessed, and not only him, but all the cast: Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, and Jesse Plemons. We had a blast. It was challenging, but it was wild comedy. And we laugh a lot. We have a wild time.”
Check out the teaser and poster for “Digger” below.
