With the Mission: Impossible franchise wrapped up (for now, at least), Tom Cruise is doing something very different, teaming with Birdman and The Revenant director Alejandro G. Iñárritu for Digger, a film that has been described as “a brutal, wild comedy of catastrophic proportions.” We don’t know much about this one just yet, other than the fact that it’s set to reach theatres on October 2, 2026 – but now, Cruise’s co-star Jesse Plemons has told Variety that Digger has elements that are reminiscent of another comedy that deal with catastrophic events: the 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

Strangelove

We don’t have a synopsis for Digger, we’ve only heard reports that it may be about the most powerful global figure who tries to convince everyone he’s a savior. Dr. Strangelove, on the other hand, told us the following story: A deranged U.S. General, Jack D. Ripper, launches a unilateral nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a frantic, darkly comedic effort in the War Room by American leaders and a Russian ambassador to prevent total nuclear annihilation, all while dealing with the bizarre, wheelchair-bound ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Strangelove, highlighting Cold War paranoia and the absurdity of Mutually Assured Destruction.

Cruise is joined in the cast of Digger by Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Emma D’Arcy, Sophie Wilde, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Goodman, and, as mentioned, Jesse Plemons, who previously worked with Cruise on American Made.

Plemons

Plemons couldn’t tell Variety much about Digger, but he was able to say, “It’s one of the strangest, funniest, most tragic scripts I’ve read. There’s a kind of modern-day Dr. Strangelove thing, and then it becomes something else entirely. Getting to see Tom just go for it — not in a death-defying action way but fully showing what an incredible actor he is — that was thrilling.“

Although Cruise was just given an honorary Oscar, some fans are hoping that this film will land him an actual Best Actor win. This is quite a prestigious project, as Iñárritu is one of just a handful of international filmmakers to win the Best Director Oscar more than once, taking it home for Birdman and The Revenant. Those were consecutive wins, something Iñárritu achieved for only the third time in AMPAS’ history, joining legends John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Are you interested in seeing Digger and finding out what the “Dr. Strangelove thing” is? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

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Warner Bros. Instagram is bringing exciting news this Thursday afternoon with details about Tom Cruise and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s anticipated collaboration, which is now titled Digger. In addition to revealing the project’s official title, the post also provides insight into the feature’s release date, which is set for October 2, 2026. According to the poster shared on Instagram, the tagline for Digger calls the film “a comedy of catastrophic proportions.” While details about the plot remain scarce, reports say the movie is about “the most powerful global figure who tries to convince everyone he’s a savior.”

You can also watch the title announcement teaser embedded at the top of this article.

González Iñárritu on the joy of working with Tom Cruise on his latest film

“No, the thing that I can tell you. This is a wild comedy of catastrophic proportions,” González Iñárritu told Deadline at Cannes. “It’s insane. He makes me laugh every day. The range that I discovered working with Tom is unprecedented for me as a director. I was so fu*king impressed and happy.”

Digger is González Iñárritu’s first film since directing Netflix’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, starring Daniel Giménez Cacho. In Bardo, an acclaimed documentarian embarks on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with his past, present, and Mexican identity. Other outstanding films directed by González Iñárritu include the 2003 crime thriller 21 Grams, the 2010 psychological drama Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem, the multi-Oscar-winning drama Birdman, and 2015’s epic survival drama The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s.

What’s the Digger teaser like?

The Digger teaser depicts Cruise in cowboy boots dancing with a shovel in a low-rent apartment to “O Green World” by the Gorillaz. After strutting his stuff indoors, Cruise’s character takes the show to a pier, where he climbs atop a railing to gaze at a gorgeous purple sunset. Cruise’s attire is loose, somewhat dangerous for the physical feats he attempts. Meanwhile, his hair looks thin and mussed, as if he just pulled himself out of a hole and didn’t bother to wash up.

What do you think about Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger teaser? Are you intrigued? Is Cruise’s character the “powerful global figure” the film’s description talks about? We’re excited to learn more as details emerge.

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