Image: official trailer (YouTube)Digger is a 2026 American satirical black comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Tom Cruise, who also produced the film, stars as Digger Rockwell, an aging oil magnate whose drilling sets off an ecological disaster. The supporting cast includes Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons.
The setup: Digger Rockwell is an aging oil magnate who colludes with U.S. President Compson to allow Digger's company, Rockwell United, to extract oil in Alaska and Greenland. Despite repeated warnings about methane beneath the Greenland field, Digger learns that a pocket has exploded, dislodging a massive ice shelf and sending it toward Europe.
- Release
- October 1, 2026
- Director
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Starring
- Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Tom Cruise, Michael Stuhlbarg, Robert John Burke, Burn Gorman
- Genre
- Black comedy, Satirical, Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 128 min
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