On this day in movie history - Immortal (2004 movie & books):

Immortal

French title: Immortel, ad vitam,

directed by Enki Bilal,

written by Enki Bilal and Serge Lehman,

based on the comic books La Foire aux immortels and La Femme piège by Enki Bilal,

was released in France on March 24, 2004.
Music by Sigur Rós and Goran Vejvoda.

Cast:

Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling, Yann Collette, Frédéric Pierrot, Thomas M. Pollard, Joe Sheridan, Corinne Jaber, Olivier Achard, Jerry Di Giacomo, Dominique Mahut, Gary Cowan, Augustin Legrand, Javon Constantin, Owen Steketee, Joel Mitchell, Shush Tenin, Vanessa Hope, Charles Maquignon, Derrick Brenner, Rhonda Edmonds Constantin, Tony Vanaria, David Gasman, Thierry René, Jacquelyn Toman, Eddie Crew, Mark Reed, Rochelle Redfield, Max Delor, Barbara Scaff, Dominic Gould, Geoffrey Carey, Allan Wenger, Paul Bandey, Coralie Seyrig, Goran Vejvoda, Helen Later, Paul Barrett, Leslie Clack, Lemmy Constantine, Robert Dauney, Geoffrey Greenhill, Irene Palko, Féodor Atkine, Jacques Bonnaffé, Patrice Bornand, Géraldine Bourgue, Bernard Brieux, Pierre-Jean Chérer, Anne-Laure Delpech, Nathalie Lacroix, Pierre Laplace, Lucienne Legrand, Marine Logier, Françoise Lorente, Michael Ozanon, Alexis Perret, Christophe Ratandra, Christophe Raymond, Philippe Risler, Jean-Claude Sachot, Christopher Thompson, Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Recommended reading:

The Nikopol Trilogy

By Enki Bilal.

Filmed as Immortal, French title: Immortel, ad vitam (2004), directed by Enki Bilal.

Published by Titan Comics.

This compilation edition published 2016.

Translated from French to English.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1782763538

ISBN-13: 9781782763536

Original French edition trilogy cover artwork:

A LEGENDARY COMIC BOOK, FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH!

For thirty years, Alcide Nikopol has floated alone in space, sentenced to cryopreservation. When he finally returns to Earth, the year is 2023, and the world has been ravaged by two nuclear wars!

But the strongest change in the world floats above Paris – a giant pyramid, home to the recently returned Egyptian Gods, who would like to reclaim humanity as theirs, if only they could all agree...

The year is 2025, and Herakles Nikopol has returned to Earth following a 30 year exile in cryostasis. The Paris he lands in, however, is not the one he left. In his absence, the Gods of Egypt have returned to reassert their dominance over the human race.

One God in particular, the renegade Horus, has great plans he can only carry out with the help, unwilling though it may be, of Nikopol himself. Together they embark on a wild adventure that involves politics, intrigue, love… and a brutal, blood-soaked, hockey game.

This brand-new collected edition of The Nikopol Trilogy presents in full the brilliance, humor and stunning artwork of Enki Bilal's iconic masterpiece.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

The Star Trek Reader II / book (1977)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

The Star Trek Reader II

By James Blish.

Published by E P Dutton.

Published 1977.

First Edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0525209603

ISBN-13: 978-0525209607

Description:

Here for the first time in hardcover are 19 of the most exciting episodes that ever appeared on the award-winning Star Trek television series. Novelized by the renowned science fiction writer James Blish, each of these stories is a little gem with a permanent sparkle, and their combination a collector's item.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Allegiance.

Released March 24, 1990.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Ronald D. Moore.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Stephen Markle, Reiner Schöne, Joycelyn O'Brien, Jerry Rector, Jeff Rector, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Debbie David, Eben Ham, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Fight.

Released March 24, 1999.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Carlos Palomino, Ned Romero, Ray Walston, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Peter Scott Harmyk, Susan Henley, Alicia Lewis, Michael Munoz, Erin Leigh Price, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Watcher.

Released March 24, 2022.

Directed by Lea Thompson.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Travis Fickett, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Ito Aghayere, Leif Gantvoort, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Chloé Wepper, Karl T. Wright, Oscar Camacho, Sean Freeland, Kelli Dawn Hancock, Isabella Meneses, Brian Quinn, Kirk Randolph Thatcher, Danielle Thorpe, Dylan Von Halle, Kay Bess, Dartenea Bryant, Paul Lacovara.

On this day in movie history - Quicksand (1950):

Quicksand

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Robert Smith,

was released in the United States on March 24, 1950.
Music by Louis Gruenberg.

Cast:

Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Red Nichols, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, Patsy O'Connor, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Sidney Marion, Jimmie (Jimmy) Dodd, Lester Dorr, Kitty O'Neil, Jack Elam.

Born on this day – Robert Carradine:

Robert Carradine

Actor

Producer

Composer

March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026

Credits:

7-10 Split (2007); A Fish Tale (2017); A Fuller Life / Segment: The Big Red One: Zab (2013); A Part of the Family (1994); Abnormal Entertainment Presents (2011); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); All's Fair (1989); Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975); American Christmas (2019); Americana (1981); As Is (1986); Attack of the Sabertooth (2005); Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005); Bikini Spring Break (2012); Bird of Prey (1995); Blackfish (2013); Blackout (1978); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); Bonanza (1971); Breakout (1998); Buy & Cell (1988); Caged Men Seeking Freedom (2023); Cannonball! (1976); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Clarence (1990); Coming Home (1978); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cross (2011); Dangerous Curves (2000); Darektors Cut (2025); Dark Skies (1996); Deep Winter (2008); Desert Fiends 2 (2026); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Disney Channel Holiday (2005); Django Unchained (2012); Doomsday Device (2017); Doublecrossed (1991); Doubt (2017); Dreamweaver (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); ER (1995); Escape from L.A. (1996); Express Yourself (2001–2006); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fancypants (2011); Fast Track (1997–1998); Final Sale (2011); Firestorm (1996); Footsteps (1972); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Go Ask Alice (1973); Good Day L.A. (2013); Gunfighter (1999); Heartaches (1981); Hell in the Hallways: The Making of 'Massacre at Central High' (2022); High Holiday (2021); Hilary's Roman Adventure (2004); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Home & Family (2013); Human Zoo (2020); Humanoids from the Deep (1996); I Saw What You Did (1988); Illusions (1992); Jackson County Jail (1976); James Blondes (2018); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012); Joyride (1977); Just the Way You Are (1984); Justice (2017); K-9 (1991); King of the Nerds (2013); King of the Nerds (2013–2015); Kung Fu (1972 / 1974); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995–1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005); Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2025); Lizard Music: Keystone Cops (2022); Lizzie McGuire (2001–2020); Lizzie McGuire 2020 Cast Reunion - I Want a Bra Table Read (2020); Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie Vol. 1 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Growing Up Lizzie Vol. 2 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Star Struck Vol. 3 (2004); Lizzie McGuire: Totally Crushed Vol. 4 (2004); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lycanthrope (1999); Made in Hollywood (2024); Man and the Motorcycle (2020); Martian Law (1998); Massacre at Central High (1976); Mata Hari (2025); Max Keeble's Big Move (2001); Mean Streets (1973); Medinah (2023); Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017); Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000); Monster Night (2006); Monte Carlo (1986); Monte Walsh (2003); My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011); Nash Bridges (1997–2000); Nearly Departed (2019); Night of the Living Dead (2026); Number One with a Bullet (1987); NYPD Blue (1997); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Orca (1977); Outlaw Brothers: The Making of the Long Riders (2013); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Party Nerds Pop-Cast (2025); Party Nerds Pop-Cast / Podcast Series (2025); Pay to Die  (2026); Police Story (1976); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Robot Chicken (2008); Rude Awakening (1989); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Samuel Fuller & The Big Red One (1979); Scorpio One (1998); Sex and Breakfast (2005); Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014); Shooting Gallery (2012); Sidewalks Entertainment (2014); Sirens (1995); Skate to Hell (2026); Slow Motion: Walter Hill on Sam Peckinpah (2013); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990); Sorority Shark Attack (2026); Stray Bullet (1998); Stuart Mossman: A Modern Stradivari (2010); Supercross (2005); Survival of Dana (1979); Tag: The Assassination Game (1982); Tales of the Klondike (1981); Tales of the Wild West (2019); Tfor2: the Terminator 2 Show (2021); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 13th Alley (2008); The 13th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1995); The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1996); The 2nd Annual Geekie Awards (2014); The 3 Killer Pigs (2026); The 3th Annual Genie Awards (1982); The Big Red One (1980); The Carradines Together (1979); The Collector (2012); The Cowboy Killer (2026); The Cowboys (1972 / 1974); The Cowboys: Together Again (2007); The Disappearance of Christina (1993); The Driver (2026); The Effects of Magic (1998); The Fall Guy (1984); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The Hitchhiker (1989); The Incident (1990); The Kid with X-ray Eyes (1999); The Killers Within (1995); The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003); The Long Riders (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Marshal (2019); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night They Came Home (2024); The Northfield Minnesota Raid: Anatomy of a Scene (2013); The Player (1992); The Pom Pom Girls (1976); The Practice (1997); The Pretender (1997); The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'the Big Red One' (2005); The Role That Changed My Life (2011); The Sun Also Rises (1984); The Terror Experiment (2010); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Still Life (1986); The Vegas Connection (1999); Three Days of Rain (2002); Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003); Timothy and the Angel (1976); Today (1983); Tooth and Nail (2007); Totally Minnie (1988); UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997); Unzipping Body Bags (2013); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Vicki! (1993); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Was Once a Hero (2024); Wavelength (1983); Wine Dancing (2015); Workers' Comp (2011); You and Me (1974); Young Hearts Unlimited (1998).

Born on this day – Curtis Hanson:

Curtis Hanson

Director

Writer

Producer

March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016

Born on this day – William Smith:

William Smith

Actor

March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021

Born on this day – John Hedgecoe:

John Hedgecoe

Photographer

Writer

March 24, 1932 – June 3, 2010

Credits:

Books:

A Monumental Vision; A Monumental Vision the Sculpture Of Henry Moore; Advanced Photography; Basic Photography; Breakfast With Dolly; Como Hacer Buenas Fotografias; Complete Guide To Black and White Photography; Complete Guide To Photography; Complete Guide To Video; Complete Photography Course; Figure and Form; Hedgecoe On Video; Henry Moore; How To Take Great Holiday Photographs; How To Take Great Photographs; How To Take Great Vacation Photographs; Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photography; John Hedgecoe’s 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Advanced Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Basic Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photographing People; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Book Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s New Manual Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude and Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Photographer’s Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Taking Great Photographs; John Hedgecoe’s 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Advanced Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Basic Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Camcorder Basics; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Black White Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Black White Photography and Darkroom Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photographing People; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photography, Revised and Updated; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Video; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Video Course; John Hedgecoe’s Creative Photography Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Darkroom Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Figure Form; John Hedgecoe’s Guide To 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Book Of Photography - How To See Take Better Pictures; John Hedgecoe’s New Manual Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude and Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Photographer’s Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Photographic Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Photographing the Nude; John Hedgecoe’s Photography Basics; John Hedgecoe’s Pocket Guide To Practical Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Pocket Guide To Vacation Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Taking Great Photographs; La Pratique De La Photographie; Manual De La Fotografia De 35 Mm; New Book Of Photography; New Manual Of Photography - a Sourcebook Of Creative Ideas; Nude Photography; On Photography; Photographer’s Handbook; Photographing Landscapes; Photography; Portraits; Possessions; Practical Landscape Photography; Practical Portrait Photography; The Art Of Color Photography; The Art Of Digital Photography; The Book Of Photography; The New Photographer’s Handbook; The Photographer’s Handbook; The Photographer’s Handbook, a Complete Reference Manual Of Techniques, Procedures, Equipment and Style Second Edition, Fully Revised; The Photographer’s Sourcebook Of Creative Ideas; The Workbook Of Nudes and Glamour; The Workbook Of Photo Techniques; The Workbook Of Photographic Techniques; The Working Camera; What a Picture!; Workbook Of Darkroom Techniques.