WATCH: Tom Cruise shows mad ball skills in Digger World Cup teaser

July 18th, 2026 by Marc Comments

Tom Cruise, as his character Digger from this September’s highly anticipated movie of the same name, has just dropped a new teaser for the movie, which focuses on the ongoing World Cup.

But what has my attention is… did Cruise really learn those skills? I’m willing to bet he did; it would be so on brand for him, wouldn’t it?

Digg. Or Die. Digger.


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Academy Award winner Tom Cruise stars in Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s original film “Digger,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures.

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An Alejandro G. Iñárritu Film, “Digger” was shot entirely in VistaVision and will be released in theaters and IMAX from 30th September 2026. 

Watch the World Cup clip:


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Cruise stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons. Robert John Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde also star.

Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu & Oscar-winners Alexander Dinelaris & Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, story by Iñárritu & Berman. The film is produced by Iñárritu, Oscar nominee Mary Parent, Cruise and Michael Sharp, and executive produced by Joshua Grode, Berman, Dinelaris, Giacobone, Jez Butterworth and Emmanuel Lubezki.


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Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….