On this day in movie history - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002):

Star Trek: Nemesis

directed by Stuart Baird,

written by John Logan,

based on a story by John Logan, Rick Berman and Brent Spiner,

was released in the United States on December 9, 2002.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, John Berg, Kate Mulgrew, Shannon Cochran, Jude Ciccolella, Alan Dale, Wil Wheaton, Majel Barrett, Stuart Baird, Bryan Singer, Whoopi Goldberg.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Star Trek: Nemesis / novel (2002)

Star Trek: Discovery (2021)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Thirty Days.

Released December 9, 1998.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Scott Miller, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Willie Garson, Benjamin Livingston, Alissa Kramer, Heidi Kramer, Warren Munson, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Sylvester Foster, Louis Ortiz, Randy Riener, Wanda Roth.

Star Trek: Nemesis

Directed by Stuart Baird.

Written by John Logan.

Based on a story by John Logan, Rick Berman and Brent Spiner.

Released in the United States on December 9, 2002.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, John Berg, Kate Mulgrew, Shannon Cochran, Jude Ciccolella, Alan Dale, Wil Wheaton, Majel Barrett, Stuart Baird, Bryan Singer, Whoopi Goldberg.

Star Trek: Nemesis

By J.M. Dillard

Published 2002.

ISBN-10: 0743457722

ISBN-13: 978-0743457729

Description:

Remus -- mysterious sister world to Romulus. A planet where hope surrendered to darkness long ago. A planet whose inhabitants have been without a voice for generations. But that's about to change. Earth -- home to Starfleet, where the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise? NCC-1701-E, gathers under the crystal blue skies of an Alaskan day to celebrate the wedding of Will Riker and Deanna Troi. The joy of the day is overshadowed only by the knowledge that this is the last time they will all be together, as soon-to-be Captain Riker and his ship's counselor, Deanna Troi, will soon be departing for their new ship. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew are suddenly diverted for an unexpected diplomatic mission to the planet Romulus. Longtime enemies of the Federation, the Romulans have expressed their desire to initiate negotiations that will hopefully lead to a long-awaited unity in the galaxy. But upon their arrival on Romulus, the Enterprise crew is faced with a threat that could lead to the destruction of the planet Earth, and Picard comes face to face with a man who may prove to be his most dangerous adversary yet...and a surprisingly personal nemesis.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: All Is Possible.

Released December 9, 2021.

Directed by John Ottman.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan B. McElroy, Eric J. Robbins, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, David Ajala, Ian Alexander, David Cronenberg, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Amanda Arcuri, Seamus Patterson, Adrian Walters, Avaah Blackwell, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Patrick Haye, Piotr Michael, Nicolas Londoño/Nck Name.

On this day in movie history - Christine (1983 movie & novel):

Christine

directed by John Carpenter,

written by Bill Phillips,

based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1983.
Music by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

Cast:

Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert Darnell, Roberts Blossom, Kelly Preston, William Ostrander, Steven Tash, Stuart Charno, Malcolm Danare, David Spielberg.

Recommended reading:

Christine

By Stephen King.

Published by Viking Press.

First published 1983.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0670220264

ISBN-13: 978-0670220267

Description:

It was love at first sight. From the moment seventeen-year-old Arnie Cunningham saw Christine, he knew he would do anything to possess her.

Arnie’s best friend, Dennis, distrusts her – immediately.

Arnie’s teen-queen girlfriend, Leigh, fears her the moment she senses her power.

Arnie’s parents, teachers, and enemies soon learn what happens when you cross her.

Because Christine is no lady. She is Stephen King’s ultimate, blackly evil vehicle of terror…

Christine, blood-red, fat and finned, was twenty. Her promise lay all in her past. Greedy and big, she was Arnie’s obsession, a ’58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished. There was still power in her – a frightening power that leaked like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corroded the mind and turned ownership into Possession.

On this day in movie history - Love and Bullets (1979):

Love and Bullets

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Wendell Mayes and John Melson,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1979.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Richard Graydon, Alan Bryce, Robin Clarke, Andy Romano, Lorraine Chase, Raynold Gideon, Ramon Chavez, Rik Colitti, Joe Bellucci, Ray Le Fre, Richard Brose, Lon Carli, Karen Wyeth, James Keane, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael L. Cooley, Alex Donnelley, Gene Earl, Sapp Gruber, Hans Kronig, Marco Lopez, Charles Lucia, Michael Parrent, Clifford A. Pellow, Josef Rainer, Earl W. Smith.

Born on this day – C.J. Sansom:

C.J. Sansom

Writer

December 9, 1952 – April 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Dark Fire (2004); Dissolution (2003); Dominion (2012); Heartstone (2010); Hill of Bones (2011); House of Shadows (2007); King Arthur's Bones (2009); Lamentation (2014); Revelation (2008); Shardlake Books 1-3 (2014); Sovereign (2006); Sword of Shame (2006); The Deadliest Sin (2014); The False Virgin (2013); The First Murder (2012); The Lost Prophecies (2008); The Sacred Stone (2010); The Tainted Relic (2005); Tombland (2018); Winter in Madrid (2006).

Television:

Shardlake (2024).

Born on this day – Darwin Joston:

Darwin Joston

Actor

December 9, 1937 – June 1, 1998

Born on this day – Buck Henry:

Buck Henry

Actor

Writer

Director

December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020