‘Digger’ Final Trailer Teases Iñárritu’s Apocalyptic Satire With Tom Cruise

We’re just 24 days away from its release, yet there doesn’t seem to be much excitement building around this film. Why?

Here’s the final trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Digger.” The previous trailer failed to make much of an impact, and although this one is much better, I’m not convinced it will either. A film like “Digger” seems particularly difficult to market, especially given its strange premise and Tom Cruise being buried beneath distracting prosthetics and makeup.

Cruise stars as Digger Rockwell, the most powerful man in the world, who embarks on a frantic mission to prove that he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he has unleashed destroys everything. Whatever you do, don’t let anyone spoil the film’s big twist — it completely upends the entire story.

Joining Cruise are Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Academy Award nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons. Meanwhile, the previous trailer has been stuck in the 4M-view range on YouTube for the past couple of weeks.

The trailer suggests the film will lean heavily into political satire, and “Dr. Strangelove” will inevitably be cited as an influence, given its absurdist humor, apocalyptic stakes, and bumbling president. The film’s symmetrical, striking visuals and quirky aesthetic also bring to mind the work of Roy Andersson. One thing is clear: Iñárritu and Cruise are taking a major creative swing with this one.

A Warner Bros. representative previously told Puck’s Matt Belloni that “Digger” cost $125M to produce, but Belloni was “suspicious,” saying he had heard the final price tag was significantly higher. Meanwhile, Page Six Hollywood also received the $125M figure from a Warner representative, while a studio insider claimed the film was actually “pushing $200 million,” describing the situation as “insane.”

Warner Bros. Pictures will release “Digger” on October 2, 2026.