Tom Cruise & Alejandro González Iñárritu Reveal New Movie’s Title & Release Date – Watch The Announcement Teaser

This morning on Instagram, Warner Bros and Legendary revealed the title of their new Tom Cruise movie, directed by four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu. The film is called *Digger* and will open in theaters on October 2, 2026 — the same date as Warner Bros/DC's *Joker* premiered in 2019.

Check out the first teaser footage above and look at the poster below.

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The poster's tagline is "a comedy of catastrophic proportions."

 There was some talk that the movie is about a powerful global figure trying to convince everyone he's a savior.

González Iñárritu shared his thoughts at Cannes, saying, "No, the thing that I can tell you.

 This is a wild comedy of catastrophic proportions. It's insane. He makes me laugh every day. The range that I discovered working with Tom is unprecedented for me as a director. I was so fu*king impressed and happy."

*Digger* is González Iñárritu's first movie since 2022's *Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* for Netflix.

 The Mexico-born filmmaker won the Academy Award for Best Director for the 2015 Leonardo DiCaprio western *The Revenant* and three Oscars for Best Picture, Directing, and Original Screenplay for 2016's *Birdman*, starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Ed Norton, and Zach Galifianakis.

The teaser shows Tom Cruise in cowboy boots dancing with a shovel in what looks like a Los Angeles-type low-rent apartment, and on a pier.

 He appears a bit disheveled.

Also opening on October 2, 2026, is *Verity*, from Amazon MGM Studios, directed by Michael Showalter.

 It's a feature adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel, starring Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway.