The REAL reason Hollywood spent 26 years making Digger
Description: To understand the mystery surrounding Digger, we first have to go back more than twenty years and meet the two main people behind it: Tom Cruise and Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Origins of the project
03:26 - Developing the script
09:40 - Warner Bros. partnership
13:22 - Secret production and transformation
17:12 - Marketing and festival silence
Digger is a 2026 dark comedy satire drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who co-wrote the script with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone, from a story by Iñárritu, Berman, and Jez Butterworth. It is a co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. Tom Cruise, who co-produced the film, stars as the titular character alongside Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons. Close description
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Origins of the project
03:26 - Developing the script
09:40 - Warner Bros. partnership
13:22 - Secret production and transformation
17:12 - Marketing and festival silence
Digger is a 2026 dark comedy satire drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who co-wrote the script with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone, from a story by Iñárritu, Berman, and Jez Butterworth. It is a co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. Tom Cruise, who co-produced the film, stars as the titular character alongside Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons. Close description