Academy Award winner Tom Cruise stars in Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro  G. Iñárritu’s original film “Digger,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s  savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. 

Cruise stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Oscar  nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons. Robert John  Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde also star.  

Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu & Oscar-winners Alexander Dinelaris &  Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, story by Iñárritu & Berman. The film is produced by  Iñárritu, Oscar nominee Mary Parent, Cruise and Michael Sharp, and executive produced by  Joshua Grode, Berman, Dinelaris, Giacobone, Jez Butterworth and Emmanuel Lubezki. 

Joining Iñárritu behind the camera are previous collaborators Oscar-winning director of  photography Emmanuel Lubezki; editorsConor O’Neilland OscarwinnerStephen Mirrone; Oscar nominated costume designer Jacqueline West; Oscar-winning makeup and hair designer  Alessandro Bertolazzi; and Oscar-nominated casting director Francine Maisler; along with Oscar winning production designer Dennis Gassner and production designer Richard Johnson, Oscar winning prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro, and composer Cosmo Sheldrake. 

An Alejandro G. Iñárritu Film, “Digger” was shot entirely in VistaVision and will be released  in theaters and IMAX® across North America on October 2, 2026, and internationally beginning 30  September 2026. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.