Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The BLS Employment Situation report for December 2026, out at 8:30 a.m. ET on January 8, 2027, fixes the unemployment rate the year closes on. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi had U-3 above 4.0% at 81% but only 5% above 5.0%, so traders expected a labour market that has loosened without cracking.

South Korea's biggest ice-fishing festival returns to the frozen Hwacheoncheon stream in Hwacheon for 23 days, 9-31 January 2027, with anglers jigging through the ice for sancheoneo (masu salmon).

The October 2025 Busan truce (a 10-point cut to the US fentanyl tariff, general licences for Chinese rare-earth exports, US soybean purchases, paused port fees) now lapses on January 10, 2027. Scott Bessent announced the two-month extension from November 10 as Xi Jinping landed in Washington.

人间有味 (Ren Jian You Wei, "A Taste of Life") is a 40-episode period drama about Beijing's century-old Wan Tang Ju restaurant, starring Hu Ge as the chef Fan Dacheng and Li Qin, directed by Huang Lei and adapted from Chang Xiaohu's novel 收山. It wrapped in June 2026 and is headed for Hunan TV and Mango TV, with a CCTV run also reported. No date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The first COP of the BBNJ Agreement meets at UN Headquarters to agree the treaty's institutions and rules, the step before any high-seas marine protected area can be declared.

Children of Blood and Bone is an upcoming American fantasy film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tomi Adeyemi, based on the 2018 novel by Adeyemi. The film stars Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris, Amandla Stenberg, Tosin Cole, Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch, Zackary Momoh, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King, Idris Elba, and Viola Davis.

The Beekeeper 2 is an upcoming action thriller film directed by Timo Tjahjanto and written by Umair Aleem. It serves as the sequel to The Beekeeper (2024), with Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Jemma Redgrave, and Jeremy Irons reprising their roles, and Yara Shahidi, Pom Klementieff and Adam Copeland joining.

Nigerians elect a president, vice president, senators and members of the House of Representatives on 16 January 2027, with governorship and state assembly votes following on 6 February.

Set after the fall of the Empire, Ahsoka follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy. Season 2 starts on Disney+.

OpenAI switches off 9 models and endpoints on 20 January 2027; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, gpt-4o-audio, gpt-4o-realtime, gpt-realtime-mini, gpt-audio-mini, gpt-4o-mini-realtime, gpt-4o-mini-audio, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe-2025-03-20.

Neuromancer follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets. Season 1 starts on Apple TV.

IDEX, the Middle East's largest defence exhibition, returns with its naval twin NAVDEX to the ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi from 25 to 29 January 2027, after a 2025 edition that drew 1,565 exhibitors and 206,000 visitors.

The first test trial in the mass lawsuit against Southern California Edison over the Eaton Fire, with eight plaintiffs, opens before Judge Laura Seigle in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl semifinal winners meet for college football's national title at Allegiant Stadium on Monday 25 January 2027, kicking off at 4:30 p.m. local on ABC and ESPN.

Kyrgyzstan holds a presidential election on 27 January 2027, brought forward after parliament reset the date. Incumbent Sadyr Japarov has said he will seek a second term.

Tesla is expected to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results after the market close, most likely on Wednesday 27 January 2027, with its Q&A webcast at 4:30 p.m. Central; the date is announced in the Q4 deliveries release.

Nintendo revealed Metroid Ravenous, a new 2D entry where Samus fights for survival on a hostile moon after being attacked, alongside a special edition and three amiibo, set for a January 28, 2027 Switch 2 launch.

H&M Group is scheduled to publish its full-year report for the 2026 financial year (1 December 2025 - 30 November 2026) on 28 January 2027, the next disclosure on the retailer's own financial calendar after September's tariff-boosted nine-month figures.

The women's singles final closes the Australian Open's second Saturday on Rod Laver Arena, a day before the men decide theirs. The winner lifts the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.

云初令 (Yun Chu Ling, "Yunchu's Vengeance") is iQIYI's 24-episode period revenge drama starring Esther Yu (虞书欣) as Yun Chu, a general's daughter betrayed and poisoned by her husband's family who is reborn to take her revenge, with Zhang Yunlong (张云龙) as the prince Chu Yi. It adapts 朝云紫's Fanqie novel and was filmed at Hengdian from 11 January to 22 March 2026. iQIYI has not announced the air date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

Bones Film brings back its assassin-meets-marriage-swindler action comedy Marriagetoxin for a second season in January 2027 on Fuji TV's Karnival!! block.