Tom Cruise's Digger Runtime & Whether It's One Of His Longest Revealed

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Published Aug 8, 2026, 11:58 PM EDT

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Tom Cruise's new movie Digger is not as long as expected.

The iconic Mission: Impossible star will portray the titular character in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's black comedy, in which a powerful man tries to save humanity from an environmental catastrophe. Digger is the first movie in the strategic, non-exclusive partnership between Warner Bros. and Cruise to develop original and franchise movies. Ahead of its release, a report circulated that the upcoming black comedy would be Cruise's third-longest movie with a runtime of 2 hours and 40 minutes.

ScreenRant confirmed with Warner Bros. that Digger's official runtime is 2 hours and 8 minutes, which is 32 minutes shorter than initially reported. While the movie's duration is far from being one of Cruise's longest, it's actually his shortest project in the last eight years.

Digger marks Cruise's first non-action project in over a decade, as he starred in multiple Mission: Impossible movies, Top Gun: Maverick, and Jack Reacher. However, during that time, he built a reputation for performing his own stunts and emphasizing practical effects over CGI. For instance, the Top Gun sequel earned publicity for using real G-Force inside Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets and became a gold standard for intense stunt work.

Cruise is joined by Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons. Iñárritu also wrote the script with Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman.

Digger will release in theaters on October 2, 2026.