Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Metallica's first show at Sphere starts a 24-night run through 13 March 2027, played as 'No Repeat Weekends' with no song repeated between each Thursday and Saturday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes September 2026's Employment Situation at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on 2 October. August added 162,000 jobs with unemployment at 4.1%; Kalshi prices 70% on another gain above 60,000.

魅影神捕 (Shadow Punisher) is iQIYI's 30-episode period mystery drama starring Luo Yunxi (罗云熙) as Li Si, a young noble who joins the imperial constabulary to solve the death of the Fourth Prince, with Fang Yilun (方逸伦) and Shen Yujie (沈羽洁). Directed by The Untamed's Zheng Weiwen and adapted from Wang Ke's novel, it wrapped at Hengdian in September 2025. iQIYI has not formally announced a date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate based on its listing page reportedly showing 2 October 2026.

Tesla unveils the long-delayed second-generation Roadster at an invite-only event for reservation holders in Waco, Texas, with a teaser showing SpaceX-style cold-gas thrusters.

Google's Fitbit Air reaches India on 2 October at ₹13,999 in four colours with a three-month Google Health Premium trial, through Google Store India and Flipkart.

Warner Bros. opens Alejandro G. Iñárritu's dark comedy Digger, starring Tom Cruise, in US and UK theaters on 2 October 2026. Tracking points to $12-15 million from 3,300 screens against a $125-180 million budget.

Two sources told CNN on 2 October 2026 that Trump will pick Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, as AI czar as early as that Friday, filling a post vacant since David Sacks left in March and giving the AI Force Trump announced on 19 September its first leader.

Japan's plastic-model and R/C trade show runs 2-4 October 2026 in Tokyo Big Sight's West Halls 3 and 4, with Tamiya showing its autumn releases and a Fukuisaurus colouring challenge.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks at the end of seven days, counted from the day after the US accepts terms taken from June's Islamabad memorandum. Washington has not accepted, so 3 October is the earliest the strait could open. Update, 2 October: Trump rejected the plan, so the strait will not open on that timetable.