John Goodman, Jesse Plemons and More Join Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s New Movie

Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jesse Plemons are also among the new recruits for the film, which focuses on a powerful man with a plan.

(Left) John Goodman in 'The Big Lebowski'. Photo: Gramercy Pictures. (Center) Jesse Plemons in 'Kinds of Kindness'. Photo: Searchlight Pictures. (Right) Riz Ahmed in 'Sound of Metal'. Photo: Amazon Studios.

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John Goodman, Jesse Plemons, Riz Ahmed and more are joining a new Tom Cruise movie.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu is in the director’s chair.
The movie will focus on a powerful man looking to prove he’s humanity’s savior.

Word broke back in March that Tom Cruise –– who has spent the last few years focused almost entirely on making the latest two ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies (the next will be out in 2025) –– had finally found something else to do other than crazy stunts as Ethan Hunt.

Under his deal at Warner Bros., Cruise boarded the new film from ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Revenant’ director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, though details were scant at the time.

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Now we have a little more to go on, including that Iñárritu has built quite the cast around Cruise, with John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons and Sophie Wilde all officially aboard and Riz Ahmed close to a deal.

What’s the story of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new movie?

Alejandro G. Iñárritu accepts the Oscar® for Achievement in directing, for work on 'The Revenant' during the live ABC Telecast of The 88th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Credit/Provider: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: Scott Diussa.

Per Deadline, the new film is something the director co-wrote with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolas Giacobone, and focuses on the most powerful man in the world (we’ll go ahead and assume that’s who Cruise will play, but there’s no official word on that yet), who embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

In addition to starring, Cruise will also produce the new movie.

What about the new cast for the Iñárritu/Cruise movie?

2023's 'Anatomy of a Fall.' Photo: Le Pacte.

The filmmaker has gathered quite the assortment for this new project, which isn’t surprising given that he’s won (and steered actors to) several Oscars in his time.

Goodman, of course, needs little introduction as he’s been a working actor for years, currently to be found leading the cast of ‘Roseanne’ sitcom ‘The Conners’.

Hüller is best known for starring in last year’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won several other awards.

Stuhlbarg is a character acting and supporting stalwart who most recently cropped up in Apple’s ‘The Instigators’.

Plemons was last seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Kinds of Kindness’ and won Best Actor at Cannes for the anthology film.

Ahmed won an Oscar for live-action short film ‘The Long Goodbye’ and nominated for another starring in ‘Sound of Metal’.

And finally, Wilde is perhaps not as well-known as the others, but did good work in horror movie ‘Talk to Me’ last year. She’s also been seen in ‘Everything Now’ and a miniseries called ‘Boy Swallows World’.

When will Iñárritu’s new movie be on screens?

There are no details about the new movie’s release, which is a co-production of Warner Bros. and Legendary. But you’d have to figure it’ll take aim at awards season next year given the talent involved.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu poses backstage with the Oscar® for Original screenplay, for work on “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” during the live ABC Telecast of The 87th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Credit/Provider: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.