{"id":402278,"date":"2026-04-20T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402278\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:45:09","slug":"tom-cruises-new-125m-movie-can-finally-end-a-27-year-streak-it-could-be-a-huge-career-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402278\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise’s New $125M Movie Can Finally End a 27-Year Streak (& It Could Be a Huge Career First)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Tom Cruise<\/a>\u2019s next movie can end a streak that has lasted almost three decades, this doesn\u2019t mean that the dramedy is without its risks. For a lot of younger readers, the phrase Tom Cruise movies<\/a> might feel synonymous with blockbuster action hits. Indeed, all the star\u2019s biggest recent outings, from the Mission: Impossible movies<\/a> to 2022\u2019s long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick, fit this description. Since as far back as 2012\u2019s Jack Reacher, all of Cruise\u2019s hits and misses alike, from The Mummy to Oblivion to American Made to Edge of Tomorrow, could aptly be described as action movies.<\/p>\n

However, 2026\u2019s upcoming satirical comedy Digger is set to change this lengthy trend. Produced by Cruise and directed by The Revenant\u2019s Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Digger is a black comedy starring Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sophie Wilde, and Sandra H\u00fcller. Not a lot is known about the $125 million beyond its sparse synopsis, which claims that Digger tells the story of the world\u2019s most powerful man trying to prove that he can save humanity before a disaster that he inadvertently caused ruins the world. This apocalyptic scale seemingly justifies the movie\u2019s big price tag.<\/p>\n

Digger Could Get Tom Cruise His First Oscar Nomination Since 2000<\/p>\n

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However, Digger will not be an action movie by any means. Instead, like I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s earlier 2014 Oscar winner BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)<\/a>, Digger seems set to be a comedic, satirical character drama about a flawed, privileged protagonist coming to terms with their legacy. The fact that Goodman plays the President of the US and Ahmed plays his aide implies that Digger will have a story told on a global scale, but the movie\u2019s focus is squarely on Cruise\u2019s main character despite its ambition.<\/p>\n

As such, Digger could net Tom Cruise his first Oscar nomination since 2000, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his scene-stealing turn in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s Magnolia. While Cruise did receive a Best Picture nomination in 2022 for Top Gun: Maverick, his performance in the sequel wasn\u2019t awarded with an acting nomination. Before Magnolia, Cruise received Best Actor nods for Jerry Maguire and Born on the Fourth of July in 1997 and 1990, respectively, but the actor won neither. As such, Digger would even mark his first win in a career that spans five decades.<\/p>\n

Digger\u2019s Big Budget Black Comedy Can Reintroduce Tom Cruise\u2019s Dramatic Side<\/p>\n

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Digger is a thrilling chance for an entire new generation of viewers to meet Tom Cruise, the credible dramatic actor, after the star spent years leaning into his action hero persona. The Mission: Impossible series alone<\/a> proves that Cruise certainly excels as an action star, but his heartbreaking turn in director Oliver Stone\u2019s righteous biopic Born on the Fourth of July is a striking reminder of his potential as a dramatic performer.<\/p>\n

Early on in his career, Cruise stole the show in everything from The Color of Money to Rain Man, A Few Good Men, and Eyes Wide Shut. However, as his dramatic roles became rarer and rarer, the actor inevitably became more closely associated with his blockbuster turns in action movies. Thus, even if Digger doesn\u2019t finally win Cruise a late-career Best Actor Oscar, getting nominated for the prize alone would be a reminder of his considerable credibility as a dramatic performer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Tom Cruise\u2019s next movie can end a streak that has lasted almost three decades, this doesn\u2019t mean…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397,53235,63841,459],"class_list":{"0":"post-402278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-regular-feature","13":"tag-the-oscars","14":"tag-tom-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}