Tom Cruise Wields a Shovel as Humanity's Savior in Teaser Trailer For DIGGER
Warner Bros dropped a surprise first look today at one of next fall’s most intriguing new movies, revealing both the title and the briefest flashes of footage from the upcoming Digger.
The project pairs Tom Cruise with Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and even from just a few seconds, it already feels strange, ambitious, and hard to pin down.
Cruise stars as a man named Digger Rockwell, though beyond the name, details are being kept tightly under wraps. The studio did share an official synopsis, which hints at something big and slightly unhinged.
The logline reads: “Introducing... Digger Rockwell. A comedy of catastrophic proportions. The most powerful man in the world (starring Tom Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.”
That description, paired with fleeting shots of Cruise wielding a shovel, makes it hard not to speculate. Is Digger Rockwell some kind of unconventional hero? The tone suggests a strange mix of dark comedy and large-scale chaos. Whatever this is, the mystery seems very much by design.
The cast backing Cruise includes Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, Emma D’Arcy, Robert John Burke, Burn Gorman, Michael Stuhlbarg, and John Goodman.
The film was shot over six months in the UK from late 2024 into 2025, captured on 35mm film using VistaVision, which already hints at a very specific visual texture. For film geeks, that detail alone is enough to get excited.
Iñárritu directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman. Cruise and Iñárritu also serve as producers.
Warner Bros has locked in a worldwide theatrical release for Digger on October 2nd, 2026. That’s still a ways off, but this teaser does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It raises questions, teases a wild tone, and confirms that Cruise and Iñárritu making one of the most unpredictable movies landing in theaters next fall.
