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| 2024 | The film 'The Greatest of All Time' was released, becoming Vijay's penultimate film and receiving mixed reviews from critics. |
| 2024 | The film became the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2024 and the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of the year. |
| 2024 | The film became Vijay's second film to perform significantly on opening day after Leo (2023). |
| 2024 | Gandhi, now working as an immigration officer, is sent to Moscow to train new officers at the reopened Indian Embassy, where he discovers his son Jeevan is alive after an embassy attack. |
| 2024 | Nazeer is killed by a masked attacker (later revealed to be Jeevan) at the Chennai Metro station during a confidential meeting with Gandhi. |
| 2024 | Vijay became the first Tamil actor to have eight consecutive films that crossed a significant box office milestone. |
| October 3 2024 | Netflix begins streaming 'The Greatest of All Time' in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. |
| September 2024 | Additional CBFC censorship leading to a revised version with 183-minute runtime, adding four minutes of footage while maintaining U/A certificate, becoming Vijay's second longest film after Nanban (2012). |
| September 2024 | Initial CBFC certification with U/A certificate after muting profanity, resulting in a 179-minute runtime. |
| September 5 2024 | The film was released worldwide in standard and IMAX formats, marking Vijay's penultimate film before his anticipated political entry. |
| September 5 2024 | Theatrical release of 'The Greatest of All Time' in standard and IMAX formats in multiple languages (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi), including simultaneous release across Tamil Nadu and in the United Kingdom with a 15 rating by British Board of Film Classification. |
| September 3 2024 | Yuvan Shankar Raja's soundtrack album for the film was released, featuring four songs: 'Whistle Podu', 'Chinna Chinna Kangal', 'Spark', and 'Matta'. |
| August 2024 | Final trailer was released, with Vijay's de-aged looks receiving positive reception after previous criticism. |
| August 25 2024 | Official merchandise of the film was launched by Filmydice, Meesakar, ColourCrafts and Namma Tribe. |
| August 15 2024 | Pre-bookings for the film commenced in the United States, with premiere bookings crossing over 32,000 after the trailer release |
| August 8 2024 | Promotional IMAX poster was released, confirming the film's IMAX release format. |
| August 6 2024 | Pre-bookings for the film began in the UK, with over 1,000 tickets sold within six days of opening |
| August 2 2024 | Second official announcement poster for the third single was released, also receiving negative response. |
| August 1 2024 | First official announcement poster for the third single was released, receiving negative response from fans and audience. |
| July 29 2024 | Creative producer Archana Kalpathi announced that film updates would be released from the following month. |
| June 2024 | Principal photography wrapped up, with additional patchwork shots at Sree Gokulam Studios in Chennai. |
| June 2024 | Film production wrapped up, concluding the shooting schedule that began in October 2023. |
| June 22 2024 | Teaser trailer was released, coinciding with Vijay's 50th birthday. |
| May 18 2024 | Lola Visual Effects completed the de-aging works within two days of starting. |
| May 16 2024 | Lola Visual Effects began working on advanced de-aging technology for a ten-minute sequence featuring a younger version of Vijay. |
| May 14 2024 | Vijay began dubbing his portions and completed 50% of dubbing by this date. |
| April 18 2024 | Vijay returned to Chennai to cast his vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, after sustaining an injury during filming. |
| April 7 2024 | Film crew traveled to Moscow, Russia for the next filming schedule, including a sequence at a school campus and a chase scene. |
| March 2024 | Venkat Prabhu confirmed that VFX and CGI works had begun simultaneously with filming in Chennai and Los Angeles, involving five different companies. |
| March 23 2024 | Completed filming scheduled portions in Kerala. |
| March 21 2024 | During filming at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Vijay paused shooting to meet and greet fans who gathered outside at midnight. |
| March 16 2024 | Filming schedule in Kerala commenced, two days later than initially planned. |
| February 5 2024 | Minor filming schedule began in Pondicherry, with leaked footage of Vijay, Prashanth, and Deva going viral on social media. |
| February 2 2024 | Vijay announced his retirement from films after this project and his planned entry into politics. |
| January 2024 | Parvati Nair revealed her participation in the film's cast. |
| January 7 2024 | Filming resumed in Sri Lanka after a New Year's hiatus. |
| December 2023 | The official title 'The Greatest of All Time' was announced, replacing the earlier working title. |
| December 31 2023 | First look poster of the film was released, revealing the film's title. |
| December 31 2023 | The film's official title, 'The Greatest of All Time', was officially announced. |
| December 27 2023 | Completed filming schedule at a film city in Hyderabad. |
| November 3 2023 | Vijay joined the film crew in Thailand and completed his portions within ten days. |
| October 2023 | Principal photography for the film commenced, with shooting taking place across multiple international locations including Chennai, Thailand, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka, Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, Russia, and the United States. |
| October 30 2023 | Second filming schedule commenced in Thailand. |
| October 9 2023 | Concluded the first song sequence, reportedly using AI technology. |
| October 3 2023 | Principal photography began at Prasad Labs in Chennai, with the first song sequence choreographed by Raju Sundaram and filmed featuring Vijay, Prashanth, Deva, and Ajmal. |
| October 2 2023 | A muhurat puja was held at Prasad Labs in Chennai with the film's entire cast and crew, marking the official beginning of the film's production. |
| August 2023 | The film's production team traveled to Los Angeles to use visual effects scanning to create the look of one of Vijay's characters, using a technique previously employed for Fan (2016). |
| May 2023 | Prabhu completed script development and met with Vijay again to present the full script, which Vijay approved, officially finalizing Prabhu as the director. |
| May 2023 | The film was officially announced under the tentative title Thalapathy 68, marking Vijay's 68th film as a leading actor. |
| May 2023 | Prabhu developed the film's initial concept and met with Vijay to narrate the one-liner script, which Vijay requested to be further developed. |
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