Films

A24 is founded and becomes a force to be reckoned with in independent film.
Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins an Oscar.
Neon is founded and takes Cannes by storm.
Hollywood goes on strike against AI.
Barbenheimer revitalises cinemas post-pandemic.
Avatar's sequels finally come out.
Studio Ghibli has released six films.
Pixar has released 17 films.
Ne Zha 2 becomes the first foreign language film to not only gross $1 billion, but also $2 billion.

Related to Tintin

Steven Spielberg has directed nine films.
Peter Jackson has directed four films, one of which was a documentary about World War 1, and a documentary miniseries about the Beatles' recording of Let It Be.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the only Tintin comic not to have been colourised by Herge during his lifetime, gets a colourised edition in 2017.

The classic trio (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) depart Top Gear after Clarkson punches a producer.
Game of Thrones, a juggernaut in the early-to-mid 2010s, crashes and burns in a widely panned final season.
The Simpsons was on season 22. It is now on season 37.

Minecraft goes from an indie hit to the biggest video game of all time.
Grand Theft Auto V becomes one of the biggest entertainment products of all time, raking in more cash than Hollywood blockbusters.
Undertale becomes an indie hit and launches the career of Toby Fox.
Hideo Kojima departs Konami and goes independent after Metal Gear Solid V.
The console wars between Sony and Microsoft pretty much end, with Sony porting some of their games (Helldivers 2, Death Stranding) to Xbox and Microsoft giving up exclusivity entirely, leading to PlayStation getting Forza, Gears of War and friggin' Halo.

In 2011, the latest model of iPhone was the iPhone 4S, with a dual core CPU and 512MB of RAM. In 2025, the top of the range model is the iPhone 17 Pro Max, with a 6-core CPU and 12GB of RAM.
We finally see what a black hole looks like.
The AI boom happens, gaining steam in the early 2020s.

"Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. A lot more would follow in its wake.
Vine was founded, thrived and died.
While the first VTuber was Ami Yamato, who debuted a few months before Tintin's release, Kizuna AI was the first to use the term "Virtual YouTuber" and to achieve breakout success. As a result, Tintin 2 has been in development for the entire history of VTubers.
TikTok is founded and becomes the way late Gen Z and Alpha get their news.
Elon Musk buys Twitter and renames it "X".

There have been two US Presidents.
There have been four Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics.
Four countries have joined NATO.
Four countries have adopted the euro as their currency.
Edward Snowden leaks evidence the NSA was spying on the public.
The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union.
The COVID-19 pandemic happens.
The January 6 insurrection.
The Taliban regain control of Afghanistan.
Russia begins an invasion of Ukraine, marking the largest escalation of military action in Europe since World War II.
Queen Elizabeth II dies.
A poorly designed submarine implodes near the wreck of the Titanic, killing everyone onboard.
Israel launches into a genocide against Gazans.
The Syrian Civil War ends.