Tom Cruise’s career given stunning retrospective in trailer for ‘catastrophic’ new comedy

• Tom Cruise is set to star as a chaotic billionaire oil tycoon named Digger Rockwell in the upcoming satirical comedy film, Digger , directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
• A career retrospective trailer - featuring clips from films including Top Gun , Mission Impossible and Jerry Maguire - released on Tuesday showcased Cruise's transformation into the southern cowboy-like character, who is depicted as causing an ecological disaster with his oil company.
• The film follows Digger Rockwell as he embarks on a mission to save humanity from the environmental mess he created, with the trailer ending with the tagline "A comedy of catastrophic proportions".
• Cruise shared the trailer on Instagram, expressing his privilege to create characters and stories, and confirmed the film's theatrical release in October.
• Digger marks Cruise's first collaboration with Inarritu and his first film since Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025), with the full trailer expected on July 13.