New X-Files Series News: Fox Orders 6 New Episodes
TV's favorite FBI agents are coming back. Fox has ordered "a limited-series event" with six new episodes of "The X-Files" starring David Duchovny as Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Agent Dana Scully. Production is set to start in summer of this year.
The series ran for a record nine seasons which ended in 2002. Two feature films were made: the 1998 "X-Files: Fight the Future" and the more recent one in 2008 "The X-Files: I Want to Believe." According to a report in E! Online, the new episodes will follow the events in the 2008 movie. Chris Carter, the show's creator and executive producer, has admitted that no scripts have been written yet, but that "he has been thinking about the story" since talks of a revival started in November 2014.
In the 2008 movie, Mulder was a fugitive on the run and Mulder went back to medical practice in a Catholic hospital. The FBI, however, put them back together to investigate a series of disappearances. It is also important to note that the partners were living together and still romantically linked at the end of the movie.
Unlike the TV series, the movie did not have any trace of aliens. Carter said that the new season may bring back "the alien mythology" that the series was known for.
"I know what I want to do, how I want it to lay out—the balance of mythology to stand-alone episodes," the executive producer explained.
The show's original stars, Duchovny and Anderson were more than willing to reprise their roles. They were very vocal about wanting to "revisit 'The X-Files.'" After the announcement was made, both took to Twitter to express their delight in the news.
At this early stage, some reports have already come out outlining some things they want to see in the revival. TVLine's list includes an update about Skinner, the FBI big boss; an update about William, Mulder and Scully's son who they gave up for adoption and perhaps a monster or two.
A season premiere date has yet to be announced.
