Iñárritu’s return to English-language cinema
Warner Bros. presented the first trailer for Digger, the new film by Mexican director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It marks his return to the English language since The Revenant (2015) and, for the first time, unites him with Tom Cruise.
The trailer shows Cruise as Digger Rockwell, a billionaire whose company causes a global environmental crisis. Far from the action hero, he appears with prosthetics, overweight, gray hair and a southern accent. His character is “the most powerful man in the world,” but also the one responsible for planetary chaos.
What is it about? According to the official synopsis, Rockwell begins a race to convince the world that he can save humanity, while trying to contain the consequences of the disaster that he himself created. “Everything changes. One day you’re a king. The next, you’re just ashes in a box,” Cruise says in the trailer.
One of the key moments occurs when Digger minimizes the displacement of a glacier in Greenland, despite its irreversible threat. Meanwhile, the president of the United States—played by John Goodman—demands a solution to avoid a catastrophe.
Iñárritu describes the film as “a comedy of catastrophic proportions”: it mixes black humor, political criticism and environmental crisis.
Cast and production
In addition to Cruise and Goodman, the cast includes Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Jesse Plemons, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma D’Arcy and Sophie Wilde. Filming lasted six months in the United Kingdom, with photography by Emmanuel Lubezki (Oscar winner for The Revenant) in VistaVision format.
For Cruise, Digger represents a turn after more than a decade in franchises like Mission: Impossible and Top Gun. In addition, it is his first project with Warner Bros. after its development agreement signed in 2024. The theatrical release will be on October 2.
