Tom Cruise Leads Iñárritu’s New Feature ‘Digger’ as First Trailer Drops

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest feature ‘Digger’, starring Tom Cruise, has released its first trailer, placing the project firmly in the industry spotlight.

‘Digger’ marks Iñárritu’s return following ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Revenant’, films that established his reputation for formally audacious direction and striking visual composition. Framed as a comedy, the newly unveiled footage signals an ironic tonal approach layered with the director’s characteristically dense narrative construction. The story follows the world’s most powerful man as he undertakes a mission to prove himself humanity’s savior before the catastrophe he has set in motion leads to total collapse.

The film is widely viewed as a significant inflection point in Cruise’s filmography. In recent years, the actor has been closely identified with large-scale action spectacle through the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise, but ‘Digger’ sees him returning to a more artistically driven, narrative-focused project. Shifting emphasis away from physical action and toward interiority and emotional complexity, the role is expected to showcase a more introspective dimension of Cruise’s screen persona.

Cinematography is handled by Emmanuel Lubezki, the three-time consecutive Academy Award winner whose work on ‘Gravity’, ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Revenant’ helped redefine contemporary studio filmmaking. His reunion with Iñárritu is expected to be central to the film’s visual ambition, further elevating anticipation around the project.

Consistent with Iñárritu’s body of work, ‘Digger’ is also poised to engage with broader social themes and existential inquiry. While operating within a comedic framework, the film appears set to explore weightier questions of power, responsibility and human existence beneath its genre surface.

‘Digger’ is scheduled for release in October 2, 2026.