Tom Cruise Teases Comedy At CinemaCon
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Warner Bros. and Legendary unveiled an extended look at "Digger," a dark comedy starring Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, a powerful industrialist racing to avert a disaster he caused, with Alejandro G. Iñárritu directing.
- The trailer reveals Digger as a balding, big-bellied man facing an environmental catastrophe linked to his business, threatening massive displacement and economic damage, while he insists on solving the crisis himself.
- Cruise described the project as a wild and funny "ne plus ultra" movie, marking a new and challenging role, while Iñárritu praised Cruise's fearless performance and the film's exploration of the human need for control despite inevitable failure.
- "Digger" was shot in Vistavision for theatrical release and features a cast including Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, and others; it is set to open on October 2, competing with Amazon MGM’s "Verity."
- The film was co-written by Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, with producing credits including Cruise, Iñárritu, and Mary Parent for Legendary Entertainment.
