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Star Trek: Nemesis premiered on December 13, 2002. The film was the last in the original film franchise before the beginning of the alternate universe "Kelvin" timeline films. The film was not well received. It was the lowest grossing film in the franchise and the first in the franchise not to end in the number one spot on opening weekend. It was only the 2nd time in the first 10 films that it wasn't nominated for a Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation. A lot of criticism was leveled at director Stuart Baird. Tom Hardy, who played the lead villian Shinzon, is said to have taken the film's failure particularly hard. The events of the film took place during November of 2379. The movie saw the return of the Romulans, the introduction of the Remans, the marriage of Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis), and the death of Data (Brent Spiner). The movie introduced the Mogai-Class Romulan Warbird and ARGO heavy transport shuttlecraft. Wil Wheaton returned to film scenes as Wesley Crusher but most of the scenes were cut. There was also a brief cameo by Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) from Star Trek Voyager. Majel Barrett (in her final Star Trek appearance) still provided the voice for the computers but was unavailable to return as Lwaxana Troi. Whoopi Goldberg also returned as Guinan.