That sound you hear is probably Tom Cruiserunning. Running toward something, running from something, quite possibly running between some things. But what we do know is that he’s been running into our hearts for decades now. Before he heads back onto the big, big, big screen this fall with a new film from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, fans are getting a first look at what Cruise has been working on next. A new career-spanning retrospective has debuted with a surprise sneak peek of Digger tucked in at the end.
The new retrospective has looked back across the 40-plus-year career that Cruise has treated us to, showing off the depth of his film choices and the impact he’s made on cinema from Risky Business and Top Gun to Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Collateral, Edge of Tomorrow, and the Mission: Impossible franchise. But the biggest talking point is likely to be the brief first footage from Digger, Cruise’s upcoming thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘Digger’ About?
The film stars Cruise in the title role of Digger Rockwell, who’s been described as the most powerful man in the world, but when a disaster of his own making threatens to destroy everything, Digger launches into a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior. Presumably, running was a contractual obligation for Digger’s heroics at this stage, but we’ll see. If nothing else, it sounds pretty high stakes and high octane. We’re sure Cruise can stretch to that.
The film also features Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name), and Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog). Iñárritu produces alongside Mary Parent, Cruise, and Michael Sharp, with Joshua Grode serving as executive producer.
The whole film has been shot in VistaVision, and it marks Cruise’s first collaboration with Iñárritu, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Birdman, The Revenant, and Babel. Iñárritu directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman.
Digger arrives exclusively in theaters and IMAX on October 2, 2026.
Release Date
October 2, 2026
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris
