Tom Cruise rode his motorcycle through the middle of the night, straight off the Top Gun: Maverick set, to meet a director he had admired since 2000. The role he chased hides him completely: bald, pot-bellied, and unrecognizable.
The director is Alejandro Iñárritu, who made The Revenant and Birdman and won Best Director two years in a row. Cruise became a fan in 2000, when he saw Iñárritu's first film, a Mexican crime drama called Amores Perros, and wore out his copy. They started talking about working together in 2019. The film that came out of those talks is Digger, and the full trailer drops July 13.
Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, an oil tycoon with a beer belly, thinning white hair combed over, and a thick Texas accent. His company sets off a disaster: a methane gas leak from an Arctic oil well that could push millions of people out of their homes. John Goodman plays the president, telling him to clean it up. Cruise's character grabs a shovel. "We can't control the course of nature," he says. "At least we can control the narrative."
Cruise built 40 years of fame on doing his own stunts: hanging off planes, climbing skyscrapers, riding a motorcycle off a cliff. Iñárritu gave him none of that. The whole performance is face and voice buried under heavy old-age makeup, the opposite of everything that made him famous. Cruise called the project the reason he wanted to make movies in the first place. Iñárritu, who already knew Cruise was fearless about stunts, said playing this man was "another kind of fearless."
They shot it on cameras most of Hollywood gave up on sixty years ago. The format is VistaVision, which Paramount built in 1954 to run 35mm film sideways and capture about double the detail. It had all but vanished by 1961. The cameras are loud, heavy, and so finicky you can only roll for about five minutes at a time, and only a few still work. The crew used them anyway, over a six-month shoot in the UK.
Warner Bros made a big bet. It put up $125 million for Digger as part of a plan to back famous directors instead of sequels and franchises. Those same bosses also paid for Sinners, which made $370 million on a $90 million budget, and One Battle After Another, which lost close to $90 million but still won Best Picture.
Cruise has four Oscar nominations and zero wins. The man who handed him an honorary Oscar last November was Iñárritu. Eight months later, the trailer for the film that might finally win him a real one arrives.
🚨HEARTBREAKING BOMBSHELL FROM DIDDLY SQUAT: JEREMY CLARKSON REVEALS HE HAS CANCER 😢
In the final two episodes of Clarkson’s Farm Season 5, Jeremy Clarkson shares some truly devastating personal news.
Jeremy is in his office discussing the farm harvest with Charlie and Kaleb Cooper when he breaks off mid-sentence, leans back in his seat, and quietly reveals the devastating news: “I’ve got cancer.”
A stunned Kaleb asks where. Jeremy replies it’s not something he wants to detail publicly, but he’s known since May after a medical, followed by a biopsy. It’s aggressive but caught early. He hoped to finish the harvest before treatment, but it’s hitting right in the middle.
Kaleb wipes away tears and says: "Look after yourself, you go and do…if you need anything just ring."
Later, with the full team (including Lisa, Charlie and Gerald), he reflects on the tough year: starting with heart issues and ending with this.
In the closing moments, we see him back in a hospital bed:
“So we started season five with me in a hospital bed and we are at the end of season five and I’m back in a hospital bed. Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say, I'm going to be here for a little while. I'm nil by mouth, i dont know whats going to happen. If this is all successful I’ll see you for season six and if it isn’t I won’t. Take care everyone.”
It’s an incredibly raw, emotional watch from a man who’s usually full of bluster and humour.
Thoughts with you, Jezza. 💔
I’m sure you’ll pull through! 💪
@Morlok97 Bewertung der Kritiker ist die eine Sache, was ist mit Verkaufszahlen?
Laut SteamDB all time peak:
South of Midnight - 1438
Pyschonauts - 7262
Senua 1 - 5636
Senua 2 - 3982
Klar das ist kein komplettes Bild, aber es zeigt einen klaren negativen Trend.
I rode trains my whole life, especially as an adult. As a child 20 years ago I can’t remember much difficulties with the train service. Some occasional delays but it was fine.
After that, the trains got worse and worse. It seems like there wasn’t any investment into the infrastructure. Contemporaneous the customers have increased significantly. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Now delays are the norm. I mean it’s a surprise if a train is actually punctual.
There is some development. I mean I can only speak for myself, but the track that I am using is constantly under construction for the past 2 years. Even though it isn’t a super important connection. And it will be at least for another 2 years.
That’s good. Deutsche Bahn and Germany has recognized the issue and the importance. But they are repairing things that should’ve been fixed decades ago. I mean I speak about damages from the Second World War. Or reopening abandoned tracks.
So in conclusion, I believe that our train service will become even worse, but it will improve in the next 10-20 years. It will be a very slow process.
@iMiaSanMia@TeleFootball In today’s market a player like Olise is worth more than 200m. Uli made it clear we are not a selling club. And 150m is nowhere near enough.
@noahs_corner Knew it would probably be his last movie, which is why I went to cinema to watch it. Since there was a small release.
Great movie. Great way to end a career.
@SynthPotato Started a couple of months ago with my first play through - before I knew about the rumours of a new dlc. Currently playing the last expansion. Truly an awesome experience.
@iMiaSanMia I think it will be an incredibly hard game, however couple of point are in our favor:
1. we have Kompany on the sidelines
2. we play in Munich
3. we showed great resilience against many opponents, including coming back 2:5
4. PSG will miss Hakimi
5. our bench looks much better