The trailer for Tom Cruise's Digger, which is directed by Oscar winner Alejandro G Iñárritu, has been released online. The upcoming comedy drama is set to open in theatres on October 2.

The trailer reveals the first look at Cruise's titular character, oil billionaire Digger Rockwell, whose company's activity in the south pole triggers a doomsday level event. Prompted by the President of the United States of America (John Goodman), he has to fight to save the world.

The cast for Digger includes Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Robert John Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman, and Sophie Wilde.

Inarritu has written the film's screenplay along with Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, from a story by Iñárritu and Berman.

The crew of Digger includes Oscar-winning director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, Oscar-winning editors Conor O’Neill and Oscar winner Stephen Mirrione, Oscar-winning production designers Dennis Gassner and Richard Johnson, and music composer Cosmo Sheldrake.