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Digger
A savage, apocalyptic satire pulsing with frantic dread, where an unhinged oil baron digs through fractured Arctic ice while civilization burns in the glare of theatrical spotlights.
Digger
Digger

"A man. A plan. A meltdown."

28 September 2026 United States of America 129 min 7.5 (236)

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Cast: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg

Drama Comedy Corporate Hubris and Ecological Destruction Political Grotesque and Deflection of Blame Performative Absolution and Spectacle The Alienation of the Modern Ego
Budget: $180,000,000
Box Office: $20,000,000

Digger — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Digger Rockwell / Curtis Markson

Tom Cruise

Archetype: Antihero Key Trait: Manic charisma and pathological megalomania

Motivation

To retain absolute dominion, prove his indispensability to humanity, and cement his legacy as a savior rather than a pariah.

Character Arc

Begins as an untouchable, manic industrialist determined to bend the world to his will, only for his persona to fracture under the crushing weight of vanity, artifice, and real-world devastation.

Ganesh

Riz Ahmed

Archetype: Herald Key Trait: Intellectual desperation and moral ambivalence

Motivation

To deliver scientific warnings about impending planetary ruin and navigate corrupt power structures.

Character Arc

Transitions from an uneasy corporate scientist attempting to communicate empirical reality to a horrified witness swallowed by political theater.

President Compson

John Goodman

Archetype: Corrupt Sovereign Key Trait: Bombastic decay and cynical self-preservation

Motivation

To preserve political power and conceal systemic complicity in corporate malfeasance.

Character Arc

Operates as a deteriorating, grotesque political figure who moves from blustery authority to desperate complicity with Rockwell's schemes.

Kenny

Jesse Plemons

Archetype: Enabler Key Trait: Deadpan ruthlessness and pragmatic calculation

Motivation

To maintain familial loyalty, protect corporate leverage, and enforce order in a fracturing system.

Character Arc

Maintains control over corporate security apparatuses and behind-the-scenes orchestration, mediating between chaos and stage-managed spectacle.

Cast

Tom Cruise as Rockwell
Riz Ahmed as Ganesh
John Goodman as President Compson
Sandra Hüller as Emma
Michael Stuhlbarg as Vice President
Jesse Plemons as Kenny
Robert John Burke as General Fitzgerald
Emma D'Arcy as Lina
Burn Gorman as Defense Secretary Amos
Sophie Wilde as Hannah
Danny Kirrane as Clarkson
Ross Hatt as Dr. Berg
Mercedes Hernández as Adelia
James Dryden as Brad
Richard Foster-King as Steve

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