Digger

Name: Digger
Start: 2026-11-30T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-30T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Cultuurpodium Groene Engel

Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 20:00 — 21:45

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Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | USA 2026

In Digger, Tom Cruise plays the title role: the most powerful man in the world, making one last attempt to save the world from a disaster he himself caused. The film is directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, based on a screenplay by Iñárritu with Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone and Sabina Berman, from a story by Iñárritu and Berman.

Also starring: Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Robert John Burke, Emma D'Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde.

About: Tom Cruise

Forty-plus years in front of the camera have made Tom Cruise one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. From Ethan Hunt's spy missions to the record-breaking Top Gun: Maverick, he now takes on a sharp new direction with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's black comedy Digger.

$1.5B

worldwide box office earnings Top Gun: Maverick

$598.8M

worldwide box office earnings Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

3×

nominated for a competitive Oscar (as an actor)

45+

year of active film career

What's new

2026-07
Warner Bros. released a full trailer for Digger, the black comedy by Iñárritu in which Cruise plays the role of Digger Rockwell - his first non-franchise film since 2017.
2026-04
Cruise and Iñárritu presented a first look at Digger during CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas.
2025-12
Warner Bros. announced the title and release date of Iñárritu's new film: Digger will be released in cinemas on October 2, 2026.

Tracks

Top Gun: Maverickbiggest box office success of his career, over $1.5 billion worldwide (2022)

Mission: Impossible - Falloutbest-rated film in the MI series, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes (2018)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoningeighth and final installment in the MI series, $598 million worldwide (2025)

Jerry MaguireOscar nomination for best actor (1996)

Diggerblack comedy directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, theatrical release October 2, 2026

About: Riz Ahmed

Actor and rapper in one: Riz Ahmed pairs an Oscar-winning film career with politically charged hip-hop as Riz MC. His latest project is Bait, the Prime Video series he wrote, produced and stars in, earning him an Emmy nomination in 2026.

Billboard 200 position with Swet Shop Boys album Cashmere

95%

Rotten Tomatoes score for Bait (2026)

2×

Emmy winner (The Night Of 2017; Oscar for The Long Goodbye 2022)

What's new

2026-08
Ahmed received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the Prime Video series Bait, which he wrote and produced himself.
2026-03
Bait, the six-part Prime Video series about a British-Pakistani actor auditioning for the role of James Bond, premiered on March 25, 2026 and achieved 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
2025
Ahmed played the title role in Hamlet (2025), a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare play by director Aneil Karia.

Tracks

Post 9/11 BluesDebut single from 2006, went viral after a leak; initially banned from British radio

Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)Contribution to The Hamilton Mixtape (2016), one of his most well-known tracks

The Long GoodbyeConcept album from 2020 about the break with post-Brexit Britain; also adapted as a short feature film that won an Oscar in 2022

CashmereDebut album by Swet Shop Boys (2016), reached number 1 on the Billboard 200

MogamboSingle from 2018, precursor to the album The Long Goodbye

About: John Goodman

John Goodman is an American actor best known for playing Dan Conner in the long-running sitcom Roseanne. On screen he has ranged from comedy - most memorably as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski - to drama, building a career that spans decades and a wide variety of genres.

About: Sandra Hüller

Holder of two Silver Bears, a César and an Oscar nomination, Sandra Hüller ranks among the most sought-after European actresses working today. Her 2026 already spans three major films - Rose, Fatherland and Project Hail Mary - with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satirical comedy Digger, opposite Tom Cruise, still to come in October.

won prizes (total)

2×

Silver Bear (Berlinale)

highest rated film Berlinale 2026 (Screen jury grid) for Rose

$125M

budget Digger (Iñárritu/Cruise, 2026)

What's new

2026-09
Sandra Hüller is announced as the lead actress in Work and Structure (Arbeit und Struktur), a film by Maria Schrader in which she plays male writer Wolfgang Herrndorf; filming starts in early 2027.
2026-10
Digger, the satirical black comedy by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with Hüller alongside Tom Cruise, comes to cinemas on October 2, 2026 via Warner Bros. Pictures.
2026-05
Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski, with Hüller as Erika Mann, wins the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival and receives a five-minute standing ovation.

Tracks

Anatomie d'une chute (2023)Oscar nomination Best Actress, César won, Golden Palm Cannes

The Zone of Interest (2023)Oscar for Best Film (international category), double BAFTA nomination for Hüller

Toni Erdmann (2016)European Film Prize Best Actress, international breakthrough

Rose (2026)Silver Bear Best Lead Actor, Berlinale 2026

Fatherland (2026)Best Director Cannes 2026 (Pawlikowski), five minutes standing ovation

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