Digger Final Trailer: Tom Cruise Plays the Most Hated Man on Earth in Inarritu's Wildest Movie Yet

Digger Final Trailer: Tom Cruise Plays the Most Hated Man on Earth in Inarritu's Wildest Movie Yet

Tom Cruise has saved the world more times than we can count -- from Mission: Impossible to Top Gun: Maverick and Edge of Tomorrow. But in Digger, his brand-new dark comedy from Oscar winner Alejandro G. Inarritu, Cruise finally plays the guy who destroyed it. And honestly? It might be the most exciting thing he has done in years.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures just dropped the final trailer for Digger on September 9, and it is pure chaos in the best way. The film hits theaters on October 2, 2026, kicking off the fall movie season with a bang.

Who Is Digger Rockwell?

Cruise stars as Digger Rockwell, a filthy-rich oil tycoon who causes a global catastrophe -- and then decides he is the only man who can fix it. According to the trailer, Rockwell becomes quite literally the most hated man on the planet, and his desperate quest for redemption plays out like a fever dream of ego, guilt, and absurd comedy.

The character is a massive departure for Cruise. No fighter jets, no impossible stunts -- just a deeply flawed billionaire stumbling through the apocalypse he created. Early buzz even claims Cruise stayed so deep in character that co-stars sometimes forgot who they were working with. Classic Cruise commitment, but channeled into comedy instead of action.

What makes the premise hit harder is how eerily it echoes real life. Inarritu himself summed it up bluntly: "The disaster is us." This is not a meteor or an alien invasion -- it is a man-made mess, which gives the satire real bite.

An Insane Cast and a Legendary Director

Let us talk about the lineup, because it is stacked. Behind the camera is Alejandro G. Inarritu, the visionary behind The Revenant, Birdman, and Amores Perros -- the very film that made Cruise want to work with him in the first place. Cruise has said he was blown away by Amores Perros back in 2001, and it took over two decades to finally make this collaboration happen.

Sharing the screen with Cruise are:

• Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) -- bringing razor-sharp intensity
• John Goodman -- a comedy legend who can steal any scene
• Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) -- fresh off her Oscar-nominated run
• Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name) -- always a scene-stealer
• Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon) -- the king of unsettling performances

That ensemble alone is worth the ticket price. And with a reported blockbuster-level budget behind an original satirical comedy, Warner Bros. is clearly betting big that audiences are hungry for something original this fall -- especially with heavy competition like Practical Magic 2, Clayface, and Verity crowding the season.

Why You Should Be Hyped

Digger feels like the kind of swing Hollywood rarely takes anymore: a big-budget original comedy with a real auteur behind it and the biggest movie star on the planet at its center. If the final trailer is anything to go by, expect unhinged energy, biting satire, and a Tom Cruise performance unlike anything we have seen before.

Mark your calendars for October 2. Whether Digger Rockwell saves the world or makes everything worse, one thing is certain -- it is going to be one hell of a ride.