We have recently had several questions of a very specific format:
Q: Are there plans to make next installment of {movie series X}?
A: Yes, the production is confirmed (and optionally, release date is announced) on the definitive reference site for this, IMDB.
Examples: [1], [2] (hat/tip: Keen for noticing the problem).
As noted in meta discussions, these questions are bad for the site in 2 ways:
First, they are very time localized. The release date is known, and after the date, the question becomes useless.
Second, more importantly, they don't make the internet better in any way. Any answer would just regurgitate official info off IMDB (Amazon for books); and there typically is no opportunity to generate worthwhile-content answer to such a question beyond a link to IMDB. Basically, do what Google already does automatically in a sidebar if you search for the movie's title :)
As such, I would propose that we add an official VTC reason to off-topic list: "Questions asking about release date of a future movie/book that have the release date published on IMDB/Amazon are off-topic".
To clarify - the VTC reason would only apply to questions where the answer is "date is on IMDB", not to general "are they making abc movie", with the answer being "not according to IMDB, but here's evidence from blogs and interviews".
Now, I realize that this may seem very much like "General Reference" VTC that we have just recently successfully killed with fire.
But (as one of the most vocal GR opponents) I would pose that this specific off-topic rule does NOT suffer from GR's main problem - it's NOT in any way subjective. An Amazon/IMDB listing either exists or does not, and either has release date or does not. There's no possible ambiguity over whether a given "are they making X" question is off-topic or not.