Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

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.

Palace's Winter 2026 season starts with its first weekly drop, a cold-weather range led by a shearling B-15 flight jacket, GORE-TEX WINDSTOPPER patchwork parkas, Realtree camo and a 2000 AD Judge Dredd capsule.

In Toronto's war on crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the specialized criminal investigations unit. These are their stories.As a psychological thriller wrapped in a criminal investigation, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent follows an elite squad of detectives who investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto. The premiere, "Diplomatico": Bateman must adjust to an unexpected change when she is assigned a new partner from the Guns & Gangs unit. Season 4 starts on Citytv.

The G7 agreed on 2 October 2026 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from stockpiles over about four months through the IEA, with the diesel share frontloaded into the first 20 days, to counter high fuel prices.

A 28-year-old worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died on 2 October in Shelekhov, Siberia, with Rospotrebnadzor citing pneumonia of unknown cause while nearly 200 people were placed under observation amid unconfirmed plague rumours.

Patek Philippe's seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition runs 2-18 October 2026 at the CityOval in Milan, free to the public, with about 500 timepieces and seven Milan limited editions.

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.

Studio Pierrot's Black Clover returns for a second season, continuing Asta and Yuno's story in the Clover Kingdom after the original run ended its manga catch-up in 2021.

LIDENFILMS' next Tokyo Revengers arc follows Takemichi Hanagaki as he keeps time-leaping to save his friends from the Tokyo Manji Gang's violent future.

Latvians elect the 100-seat Saeima on 3 October 2026. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' United List leads the September polls at 22.7-23.8%, about ten points clear of the next party.

MAPPA's remake of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ returns for a third season on Nippon TV, bringing in new faces such as the Furinkan headmaster voiced by Masako Nozawa.

Formula 1 stages the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday 4 October 2026 at Sepang, its first race there since 2017, after the war in Iran cancelled the April date in Bahrain; Kimi Antonelli arrives leading George Russell by 66 points.

Aoashi returns after four years with TMS Entertainment taking over from Production I.G, as Ashito Aoi steps up to Tokyo City Esperion's elite A team.

Passione adapts Maro Muchi's 4-koma gag manga There Is Also a Hole in the Student Organization!, a 12-episode school comedy premiering October 4, 2026.

Lima votes for its metropolitan mayor and 39 councillors on 4 October 2026, in Peru's regional and municipal elections. Rafael López Aliaga, Popular Renewal's first council candidate and de facto standard-bearer, leads the late polls at about 30%.

The WRC season ends at Rally Italia Sardegna in Alghero on 1-4 October 2026, with Elfyn Evans 17 points clear of Sami Pajari and 21 of Oliver Solberg going into the finale, which closes with the Sassari-Argentiera Power Stage on Sunday 4 October.

Brazil's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's winner market, which includes any second round, had Flavio Bolsonaro at 58% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at 42%; a runoff, if no one clears 50%, falls on October 25.

The seven remaining OPEC+ countries hold their next monthly meeting on 4 October 2026 to decide required production for November, with Brent above $100 and Hormuz still restricting Gulf exports.

Quebecers elect all 127 members of the National Assembly on 5 October 2026. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's Parti Québécois leads every late poll at about 30% and has promised a referendum on sovereignty.

On Global James Bond Day, 5 October 2026, Omega launched six Seamaster Diver 300M references including a Spectre edition, with two steel editions at US$8,600 and two 77-set limited box sets at US$89,800.

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd share a stand at Expo Real, Europe's biggest property fair, to pitch store sites, mixed-use buildings and sale-and-leaseback deals to investors and developers.

The Rolex Shanghai Masters, Asia-Pacific's only ATP Masters 1000, runs 5-18 October 2026 at the Qizhong Tennis Center, with Roger Federer returning for a legends doubles exhibition on 16 October.

TikTok's US joint venture is permanently closing its Music Row office in Nashville on 5 October 2026, eliminating all 250 jobs there, including members of its content-moderation team.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announces the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from Wallenbergsalen in the Nobel Forum, opening Nobel week. The announcement is broadcast live and the laureates are usually telephoned only minutes beforehand.

Billboard's Hot 100 dated 10 October 2026, revealed on 5 October, is expected to open with 'Patient Zero' at No. 1. Kalshi prices the debut at 98%; it would be Swift's 16th No. 1 and tie Drake's record of ten No. 1 debuts.

Marshals stars Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton. With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Kayce and his teammates - Pete Calvin, Belle Skinner, Andrea Cruz and Miles Kittle - must balance the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence with their duty to their families, which for Kayce includes his son Tate and his confidants Thomas Rainwater and Mo from the Broken Rock reservation. The premiere, "All Hat No Cattle": When Kayce realizes Tate has been taken hostage, he goes rogue in a desperate race to save his son as the Marshals uncover a powerful criminal operation tied to the East Camp land grab. A violent showdown ensues, putting everything Kayce cares about at risk. Season 2 starts on CBS.