Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The contractor behind LAX's 2.25-mile, $3.3 billion people mover now says passenger service could begin on 6 January 2027, after missing an October target, but warns there can be "no assurances" the date will hold.

The FDA has assigned a 6 January 2027 PDUFA target date for ImmunityBio's supplemental BLA for Anktiva plus BCG in BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with papillary disease.

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.

The National Retail Federation's annual show gathers more than 40,000 retail professionals in Manhattan for three days in January.

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.

The Detroit Auto Show returns to Huntington Place for eleven days in January.

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.

Japan's tuning and custom-car show fills Makuhari Messe in Chiba for three days in mid-January.

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.

The world's largest indoor boat and water-sports fair fills Messe Düsseldorf for nine days in January.

San Diego's PGA Tour stop returns to Torrey Pines for the 60th time as The Sentry, with Sentry Insurance as new title sponsor, running 25-30 January 2027 to a Saturday finish.

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 music-products industry's annual show runs five days in Southern California, with the exhibit halls open for the last three.

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.

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.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its January 26-27 2027 meeting. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 61%, Hike 25bps 25%, Cut 25bps 8%.

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.

Bruno Mars ends a six-city, 12-show Japan dome tour, billed as one of the largest ever, with the second of two sold-out nights at Tokyo Dome.

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.

SynergySP's rom-com Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms returns for a second season in January 2027, with Mona still failing to fluster her stoic classmate.

The statutory deadline for the President to send the fiscal 2028 budget to Congress is the first Monday in February 2027 - a deadline no president has met in over a decade.

India's finance minister presents the Union Budget for 2027-28 in the Lok Sabha, by convention on 1 February at 11am.

NAHB's residential construction show takes over the Las Vegas Convention Center for three days as part of Design & Construction Week.

Bidding in FCC Auction 114 for 132 FM broadcast construction permits, the first FM auction since 2021, is tentatively scheduled to start on 2 February 2027 after a 29 January mock auction.

MusiCares will honor U2 at its 36th annual Persons of the Year benefit gala on Friday, 5 February 2027 at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, two nights before the Grammys.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 15:59:35 UT on 2027-02-06, and the annular phase lasts up to 7 minutes 51 seconds along a path 281.5 km wide crossing Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic. A partial eclipse is visible from South America, Antarctica and western and southern Africa.

The 69th Grammy Awards are on Sunday 7 February 2027 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the first Grammys on ABC since 1972. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's Album of the Year market led with "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" at 37% and Rosalía's "Lux" at 25%.

On 29 September 2026 Kalshi's Best New Artist winner market had Ella Langley at 64 cents and Sienna Spiro at 31 cents, with 65 other artists priced at 8 cents or less, for the 7 February 2027 ceremony.

Aero India, India's biennial aerospace and defence exhibition run by the Ministry of Defence, returns to Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru for its 16th edition from 8 to 12 February 2027.

The Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show returns for five days in February, after a 2026 edition that drew more than 100,000 visitors.

Ferrero's consolidated accounts for the year to 31 August 2026, the first full year to include WK Kellogg Co's US cereal business, are expected in mid-February 2027.

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew is an upcoming high fantasy film written for the screen, co-produced, and directed by Greta Gerwig, based on the 1955 novel The Magician's Nephew, the sixth published and first chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.

Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider remake of the Atlantis story arrives on 12 February 2027 for PC, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.