{"id":13264,"date":"2026-08-21T17:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=13264"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:55:44","slug":"digger-is-a-disaster-movie-where-the-disaster-is-us-says-alejandro-g-inarritu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/digger-is-a-disaster-movie-where-the-disaster-is-us-says-alejandro-g-inarritu\/","title":{"rendered":"Digger Is A Disaster Movie Where \u2018The Disaster Is Us\u2019, Says Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cinema has brought us so many visions of the apocalypse across the decades. We\u2019ve seen the human race face towering infernos, asteroid armageddons, icebergs ahead, marauding martians, and climate deep-freezes, to name but a few. But with Digger<\/em>, filmmaker Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu is preparing a different kind of disaster movie. Already, he\u2019s sent Michael Keaton into an existential tailspin in Birdman<\/em>, and stranded Leonardo DiCaprio in the icy wilderness in The Revenant<\/em> (both to Oscar-winning effect). And now, he\u2019s got Tom Cruise \u2013 as you\u2019ve never seen him before \u2013 at the heart of a story about the thing that might be the world\u2019s greatest threat: humans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe disaster isn\u2019t a comet or an earthquake, or an alien invasion. The disaster is us,\u201d he tells Empire<\/em> of his new movie, in which Cruise\u2019s oil tycoon Digger Rockwell unwittingly unleashes ecological hell, and is charged with trying to undo the damage he\u2019s wrought. \u201cMost disaster movies ask, \u2018What if something terrible happened to humanity?\u2019 Our question was much simpler: \u2018What if humanity happened to humanity?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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In true Tom Cruise movie style, the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher. And yet, I\u00f1\u00e1rritu worked with the Hollywood legend to try and conjure a wild and unique presence at the centre of the movie \u2013 someone who could represent the best and the worst of us, all at once. \u201cI knew exactly this guy,\u201d says I\u00f1\u00e1rritu of creating the character. \u201cReality gives us the events, but imagination lets us recognise ourselves in them. Literally, this film is about us. The film revolves around these three ancient forces, which are grief, power, and responsibility.\u201d Here\u2019s hoping Digger Rockwell can shovel us out of the end of days.<\/p>\n

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Read Empire<\/em>\u2019s world-exclusive Digger cover story \u2013 speaking to Tom Cruise, Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Sandra H\u00fcller, Riz Ahmed and more \u2013 in the October 2026 issue, on sale Thursday August 27. Pre-order a copy online here. Digger<\/em> comes to UK cinemas from October 2.<\/p>\n

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