Mission: Shovel? Tom Cruise Unveils Secret New Comedy ‘Digger’

Tom Cruise is Digger Rockwell. But who is Digger? What’s his story? Your guess is as good as anyone’s. The secret project unites Cruise and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu for the first time, but apart from Cruise’s character’s name and the fact he does actually use a shovel, not much is known about the 2026 comedy.

Warner Bros. Pictures dropped the perfect title announcement teaser, which gives away absolutely nothing. We see Cruise in boots, holding a shovel, and then walking on a railing at the beach. 

Digger, a comedy of catastrophic proportions, will open in theaters on October 2, 2026.

Digger Poster
Poster for ‘Digger’ starring Tom Cruise (Photo Credit: Warner Bros Pictures)