X-Files 2 is a go
 

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The truth is out there. And now, so too is a release date.

David Duchovny has given credence to the persevering rumors that a second X-Files movie was in the works, telling reporters at Saturday's Television Critics Association tour that production on the long-gestating project could kick off as early as November.

"I'm supposed to see a script next week," he said during a session promoting his new Showtime show, Californication. "I'm actually supposed to see it next week. Before I would just say that because they told me."

Duchovny reports that the Scully to his Mulder, Gillian Anderson, will reprise her FBI agent/skeptic role, and series creator Chris Carter is due back to direct and cowrite the film with series vet Frank Spotnitz.

"Chris is going to direct it. Gillian is on board and I'm on board," he said. "I've been talking to Chris and he has been giving me progress reports. He actually called yesterday and said next week you should have something to read.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what he did."

Production will likely ramp up after that, with Duchovny anticipating getting in front of the cameras as early as this fall.

"I think it's November for a summer [2008] release," he said.

While details of the script are being kept mum, Duchovny said it's being written as a one-off story.

Last April, in an interview with Britain's Empire magazine, Anderson said that film would stay away from the series' (and first film's) sometimes tortured mythology.

"All Chris says is that he wants to make a really scary horror, like a stand-alone episode," said Anderson, who has kept busy with film work, including last year's The Last King of Scotland. "I don't think they're interested in touching on any of the conspiracy stuff."

The first X-Files movie hit the big screen in a big way in 1998, grossing $30.1 million its opening weekend and going on to rake in more than $189 million worldwide, with more than half of its gross coming from abroad. But the follow-up has hit quite a few bugaboos on its way back to the multiplex.

In 2005, when reports of a sequel were again revving up, tensions between Carter and 20th Century Fox boiled over, with the creator taking legal action that effectively put into development purgatory any planned projects. Carter filed a breach-of-contract suit against the studio, claiming contractual interference with the TV series, which ran on Fox from 1993-2002, and alleging that he was shortchanged for his contribution to the show after the studio viewed his deal as "too favorable."

The lawsuit, however, was recently settled out of court and the sequel now seems primed for production.

In the meantime, Duchovny will hit the small screen in his new Showtime comedy series, Californication. He plays a novelist struggling with his private life in the show, which premieres on the cable net Aug. 13.

Raph's Girl note: I'll believe this when I see the posters and trailers... :roll:

Well, as long as its a self-contained story like they claim it'll be and won't require me to have seen the last two or three seasons of the show to understand, I'll check it out.

I wonder if they'll bring Robert Patrick's character back.

Probably mention him atleast.

This boils my blood. Where's my Millennium movie!

U mean that 80's film that starred Kris Kristopherson??? Good movie. Oh wait... u mean the tv series....nah...aint gonna happen. You'll just have to stick with what happened in the X-Files:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenn..._of_the_series

Another one?? That seems a little late, but I'll probably watch it.

Hell no that ending was horrid. That's why I wanted a movie and he's talked about doing one for awhile now he owes us fans.

Lance Henriksen would totally do it to because he said he loved playing that character and on the DVD interviews he said he's jump on it if they did.

I personally thought Millennium was leagues better then X-files. And after seeing that last episode it only confirmed it. I hadn't seen the series in years until I got to the end of the third Millennium volume. Ugh utterly horrid show.

Cuz as we all know, a sequal to a stalled franchise is a good idea.

just kidding. I never really got into this stuff, but I liked the miniseries about the lone gunmen, though.

Horrid? No.

X-Files and Millenium are great TV in comparison to whats been on lately, and years prior.

PS:
X-Files slim packs are at BestBuy marked down to 20 bucks again.

Oh I agree with you on that one. I don't know I guess I need to see more episodes of X-files again. I used to watch it every week back when it was first on but the first episode of it I've seen in years was a bad conclusion to one of my favorite TV shows of all time. It was to corny for my tastes and not how I remember that show being but it had been so long I figured maybe I had just forgotten.

Feel lucky it wasn't completely left in the dust, and given some sort of ending, unlike many of my favorite shows. Millenium that is.

As for X-Files, I've been snagging the dvd sets lately, usually 2 or 3 at a time. I only need 2 more. And I'm enjoying it, but its best if watched in doses, like I'll watch maybe a disc a night, but not again for a few weeks. Unless I have to pull all nighters.

And the Creature-of-the-week eps are neat. My favorite was the Cops episode.

Yeah X-files from what I remember was always good for a cool creature episode here and there. And they also had some funny episodes too. The X-files team did the 2nd season of Millennium and a few episodes had that same humor in it. Good stuff.

I vaguely remember a really cool episode about this I think leech monster that was in the sewers eating maintenance men.

Yeah actually the more I think about it the show wasn't all that bad. If I can get my hands on some of the DVDs I wouldn't mind checking it out again. I always had a soft spot for sci-fi

Like I said, 19.99 at Best Buy....dont you work there or something?

Anyway, the movie. Duchuvny was pumped about it years ago, and its been in the works since the end of the show...Picking up momentum is a good sign.

The cops episode was great!

I also really liked the one where the video game was killing people and pretty much any episode that had the Lone Gunmen. I haven't seen any X-Files in a
VERY long time though.

Oh, also the one where the alien was playing baseball.

It was meant to be a full series, but it tanked in the ratings.

It's pilot episode remains unquestionably one of the most chilling of modern television, simply for THAT concept of arms improvement

So the new version of the movie hits Hulu and Disney+ on 8/14. Supposedly it's way more gruesome and containing the "original vision" of the film.

https://ew.com/see-trailer-chris-car...bX0k8Tqs2tfmEQ