Tom Cruise and Warner Bros. have formally revealed the title of their new film with Alejandro G. Iñárritu: “Digger,” as Cruise revealed on his social media accounts. It’s out October 2, 2026, in response to the Saul Bass-inspired poster shared on Thursday, beneath. Per that poster, it’s additionally a “comedy of catastrophic proportions.”
That is Cruise’s first film with Iñárritu, from whom he accepted an honorary Academy Award at this 12 months’s Governors Awards onstage on the Dolby earlier this fall. It’s additionally Warner Bros.’ pairing with the Mexican Oscar-winning director, and his first English-language movie since “The Revenant” in 2025, which was at twentieth Century.
Working once more together with his multi-Oscar-winning director of images Emmanuel Lubezki (“Gravity,” “Birdman,” “The Revenant”) and in 35mm VistaVision, Iñárritu shot the movie in the UK in late 2024 by means of early 2025. The plot to this point has been stored below wraps. Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, and Emma D’Arcy are within the solid for the movie by which, because the clearly Saul Bass-inspired poster revealed, Tom Cruise is called Digger. (And “Digger Rockwell,” in response to IMDb.)
Right here’s what Iñárritu advised IndieWire’s Anne Thompson earlier this 12 months concerning the movie: “We’re going to complete in February, March… We nonetheless have a great distance [in] post-production,” which suggests a possible fall competition premiere, because the “Birdman” director’s movies typically go along with Venice.
“It was essentially the most superb, sudden, candy, mild relation that I’ve had on a set,” Iñárritu stated of Cruise. “His manners, his understanding, his ardour, and his integrity, and the way in which he prepares. He loves the method. Filmmaking has been his life for 40 years. I’ve by no means seen anyone so devoted. I used to be comfortable to share with him that keenness. And on the identical time, we constructed an unimaginable relation of mutual belief. He’ll shock the world. Folks will see a brand new sort of factor. It was blessed, and never solely him, however all of the solid: Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, and Jesse Plemons. We had a blast. It was difficult, but it surely was wild comedy. And we snort lots. We have now a wild time.”
Take a look at the poster for “Digger” beneath.
