Tom Cruise Plays Oil Tycoon in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Climate Satire 'Digger'

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's new film 'Digger' stars Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an oil tycoon whose Arctic methane leak triggers a catastrophic ice shelf collapse in Greenland, sending a rogue iceberg five times the size of Washington, D.C., toward northern Europe. The disaster threatens millions and could cause over eighteen trillion dollars in property damage. Cruise, at sixty-four, wears a potbellied suit, scraggly gray comb-over, and old-guy makeup, and performs stunts including tumbling from a deck at sea and storming off a plane mid-flight. The cast includes Sandra Hüller as Digger's half sister Emma, John Goodman as the U.S. President, Michael Stuhlbarg as the Vice-President, Riz Ahmed as Dr. Ganesh, and Jesse Plemons in a peripheral role. The film is co-written by Iñárritu with Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman. Emmanuel Lubezki handled cinematography, Cosmo Sheldrake composed the score, and Dennis Gassner and Richard Johnson led production design. The review describes the film as a comedy of errors blending apocalyptic farce and media satire, with visual grandeur and theatricality. It premiered in October 2026 and is reviewed in The New Yorker.