GRAVE ‘DIGGER’: Will Tom Cruise’s $100 million eco-flop bury Warner Bros.?

John Cleese must feel very lonely.Not only is the Monty Python alum virtually alone in calling out the inconvenient ills of British society, but he rarely gets support from his fellow stars.It’s climate change alarmism run wild, a shocking project from an actor who aggressively avoids political hot takes.Cowards, the lot of ’em.Now, things could be getting serious. A British Muslim group has reported Cleese to the authorities for his “anti-Islamic” comments. It’s not funny. Just ask Graham Linehan. The British comic/writer got arrested last year for his thoughts on transgenderism.Will Cleese be next? Just know that if he’s sent to the hoosegow, free speech “warriors” like Jimmy Kimmel and Howard Stern will remain whisper-silent …Woody’s buzzWoody Allen is heading back to work at the age of 90.The quasi-canceled auteur is prepping his next film, a story he describes as “a comedy with romance, intrigue, and infidelity.”The more things change, right?Except some things have changed for Allen. A-listers now flee his projects, fearful of the MeToo blowback. Did Allen inappropriately touch his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow many years ago? For a while, Hollywood shrugged off the accusations. Then, after the #MeToo revolution, “name” stars stopped working with him.There’s an easy fix for him. All he needs to do is shout, “Free Palestine,” and he could be back in the industry’s good graces again …Green partyHulk still mad!Mark Ruffalo has been obsessed with the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger for some time. “Merger bad!” he cried from every possible venue.Now, with the deal close to fruition, he’s still sounding off.“This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs — it is a bad deal for this country and should never have been approved.”Huh. We don’t remember Ruffalo tearing his trousers over Disney’s acquisition of Fox, or the rampant attacks on free speech during the woke era …Hulk hypocrite!RELATED: ‘View’ host questions Patrick Clancy’s divorce: ‘You know, in sickness and in health’ Lou Rocco/Boston Globe/Getty ImagesS is for ‘socialism’Jon Stewart is getting a tad touchy.The far-Left “Daily Show” host has been kissing up to socialists for quite a while now. Watching him lob softballs at Zohran Mamdani gave us one undeniable thought. “Get a room.”Now, he’s recoiling at being labeled a socialist.And, you know, now the buzzword on, on the right is, oh, so you’re, you know, you want socialism. Well, no, I want to stop privatizing things that don’t work well in a market system like health care, like Medicare, like all those things that are getting ruined by privatization and insurance, and all those different markets and rebalance so that labor gets a fairer shake.”Fair shake? He blasts income inequality and is a millionaire many times over. And if George Soros graced his Comedy Central studio, he would ask even more gentle questions than the ones that greeted Mamdani.If you don’t want the “S” label on your jersey, Jon, maybe ask a tough question or two of the next DSA member who enters your studio …Goofy ‘Globes’There’s plenty to laugh at regarding the annual Golden Globes gala. The awards remain in the shadow of the Academy Awards, for starters. Nominees are known to hit the bar, and hard, between announcements. Plus, unusual nominees and bizarre categories are still the norm.Now this.“Obsession,” the year’s most unlikely blockbuster, will compete for Globe honors in the Comedy/Musical category. The horror film isn’t remotely funny, beyond some gallows humor that runs through many a horror tale. And if there was a musical number between star Inde Navarrette’s murderous rages, we missed it.As long as the Globes cling to such insane categories, they will remain a punching bag for all things Hollywood …’Digger’ in deepSteven Spielberg famously praised Tom Cruise for “saving” Hollywood with “Top Gun: Maverick.” The blockbuster coaxed moviegoers back to theaters after the COVID-19 pandemic.Now, Cruise may be an anchor around the neck of a major movie studio.Warner Bros., about to be gobbled up by Paramount, spent a reported $180 million on Cruise’s new film, “Digger.” The black comedy casts Cruise as a Southern oil tycoon whose drilling station sparks an ecological panic.It’s climate change alarmism run wild, a shocking project from an actor who aggressively avoids political hot takes.The film is getting some awful reviews, deservedly so, and could lose Warner Bros. millions.How many? The conservative estimate is at least $100 million. Crunch the numbers on a cocktail napkin, and you might want to double that figure. “Digger” is looking at a $12 million opening, at best.Once word of mouth kicks in, it’s good night, Gracie.Did Hollywood’s onetime savior just dig an iconic studio’s grave?