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‘A tipping point of ickiness’: Welsh star Tom Rhys Harries on playing eyelid-snipping supervillain Clayface

Also mentioned: Minnie Driver

“It said, ‘Newcomer Tom Rhys Harries is out of his depth’. He “fell into” drama school, aced the audition for Hunky Dory in his first year, went from Bowie to Elvis with Mojo and has been building his career ever since: he took posh-boy roles in the horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, where he was a boarding-school bully, and the TV kidnapping whodunit Suspicion, opposite Uma Thurman. There is no escaping the fact, though, that Clayface arrives at a precarious time for any comic book movie not featuring Batman, Spider-Man or the Avengers.

The biggest movie flops of all time as Tom Cruise's polarising new project Digger is set to lose $245M - from John Carter and Practical Magic to Supergirl and The Lone Ranger

Also mentioned: Chris Evans

It is estimated that John Carter cost $250million to make and it is likely that Disney spent another $100million on marketing. Back in 2023 Marvel was accused of 'lying' after claiming that their film The Marvels was 'the number-one movie in the world' – despite the box-office bomb making just $47million – the lowest MCU opening of all time Back in 2023, Marvel was accused of 'lying' after claiming that their film The Marvels was 'the number-one movie in the world' – despite the box-office bomb making just $47million – the lowest MCU opening of all time. We love the characters and the premise.

Tom Cruise's Digger set to be 'one of film's biggest flops' with £185m loss forecast

Also mentioned: Graham Norton

Tom Cruise's latest film Digger looks set to become one of the biggest flops in film history after being forecast to lose $245m (£185m). The Hollywood star, 64, plays wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell , whose company sets off an ecological disaster before being tasked with a mission to save humanity from his own mess. Tom stars opposite Riz Ahmed, Sandra Huller and Jesse Plemons in the new film, and the poor box office performance is of notable contrast to those of his other recent efforts, including the latest instalment of the Top Gun franchise, which grossed more than $1billion worldwide.

Digger on course for $245m loss after box office collapse

Estimates suggest the eco satire starring Tom Cruise could join the list of top turkeys, including Cutthroat Island and The Marvels Digger, the ambitious eco-fable starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro G Iñárritu, is heading for an even worse financial outcome than previously thought, with reports suggesting it will lose around $245m (£185m), placing it among the biggest disasters in movie history. So far, 2026 has been a disappointing year for Warner Bros, as it prepares for new ownership, with poorly performing releases such as Supergirl and The Bride!

Tom Cruise film Digger forecast to lose $245m as The Social Recknoning also struggles at box office

Also mentioned: brad pitt

Tom Cruise's latest film Digger is expected to lose around $245m (£185m), Hollywood analysts have said, after the film's continuing poor performance at the box office. Other films estimated to have lost nine-figure sums include Mars Needs Moms (2011), Amsterdam (2022), The 13th Warrior (1999), The Marvels (2023) and Speed Racer (2008). Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning, starring Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White, also performed poorly Meanwhile, the new sequel to the Oscar-winning hit The Social Network also struggled at the box office on its opening weekend.

Tom Cruise's Digger is now on course to be the 'biggest box office flop of all time': Polarising film looks set to lose a staggering £185million in historic career embarrassment for the star

Also mentioned: The Script

Digger is now on course to be the biggest box office flop of all time, with its second weekend ticket sales dropping by a huge 60% If the estimates pan out and Digger does lose $245million, it would put the film among the biggest box office bombs of all time. The movie also bankrupted its production studio, Carolco Pictures. The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey Rating: Rating: Two stars 'As much as Digger has been sold on the promise that Cruise here is a revelation, there's no real inversion to speak of, merely a return to the kind of work he did (over two decades ago!)

ALISON BOSHOFF: It's the Great British Booze Off! Nigella launches drinks business

Also mentioned: Gary Barlow, Graham Norton +1

after a certain age, you don’t deal with wine as well. Everyone loves Nigella Lawson on the Great British Bake Off – and it seems that she is preparing for a commercial renaissance to follow her re-entry into celebrity culture Is Prince Harry giving himself an impossible task with the documentary about his late mother Princess Diana? Becks feud hots up as Mark Wahlberg joins Team Brooklyn Brooklyn Beckham aimed a hard swipe at his famous family with his bombshell Instagram post in January, in which he revealed he had cut them out of his life, and had no desire to reconcile.

I've already seen Digger twice...this is bold and often brilliant film-making: BRIAN VINER reviews Tom Cruise's latest film

I've already seen Digger twice...this is bold and often brilliant film-making: BRIAN VINER reviews Tom Cruise's latest film (pictured Ross Hatt and Tom Cruise) Digger feels like a homage to Stanley Kubrick's 1964 masterpiece Dr Strangelove, with environmental disaster supplanting nuclear warfare as the principal threat to humanity (pictured John Goodman) At the start, Digger has two pressing problems. The film's main message, relayed via a bravura speech that Digger delivers to a grey assembly of European politicians, is that, as relentless consumers, we are all complicit in our own downfall.