Stars In Final Negotations For X-Files 2
Could the long-rumored second “X-Files†movie be coming closer to being a reality?
David Duchovny seems to think so. Duchonvy told reporters that he and co-star Gillian Anderson are in final negotations to star in the second big-screen adaptation of the popular paranormal franchise. Duchovny believes a deal could be cut by the end of the week with both stars and filming could start in early 2008.
There is no script set for the movie, though series-creator Chris Carter has said that a second “X-Files†movie would be a stand-alone story without the over-arcing mythology from the series.
Of course, we’ve all heard these rumors before, so it’s best to take the advice of Deep Throat from the first season and “Trust no one†until we get an official confirmation.
I hope this finally happens. I've really been missing Scully & Mulder lately.
Especially Scully. :)
Quote from: pickard on March 29, 2007, 02:31:35 PM
Especially Scully. :)
I second motion to see more Scully...
*ahem*
Anyways, I just recently finished watching all of the X-Files seasons, really a great show. I hope this movie makes it. :)
I wonder what it'll be about.
If I remember correctly, Mulder and Sculy are presumed dead, and we know "The Truth". It'll be interesting to see what storyline we get.
Really loved this show when it was on and still catch a rerun once in awhile on the Sci-Fi channel. I'd love to see an X-Files 2 film! And more Gillian would be great too!
I would really like to see another movie as well, and if it is a standalone movie, all the better. I always felt some of the best X-Files epsiodes over the years, were the standalone ones. I am sure there are lots of interesting topics they could find for this movie.
“X-Files†Film Sequel In the Works
It was nearly a year ago that we had writer/director/producer Frank Spotnitz on our show and even then we discussed the possiblity of a sequel to the first and only X-Files film that was based on the famous Fox television series of the same name.
We have also written stories over the last two years with comments from both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson about another film with the two of them portraying their legendary characters of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Both have indicated an openess to returning to the roles that made them household names.
The problem with all these reports from us and other news agencies is a lack of confirmation one way or the other. In fact, even when Frank was on our show back in May 2006, he was unable to confirm anything for sure because he hadn’t been contacted by anyone from the studio system about doing another movie.
Now we are happy to report that Frank has confirmed things are starting to move in the direction of another film for the X-Files. On his blog he has stated that a script for the movie is underway.
“…the second “X-Files†feature is finally in the works. A script is indeed in development, but I’m afraid that’s all I can say.â€
That may not be much in the way of X-Files news, but it is the first positive piece of information to come down the pike since “X-Files: The Movie†came out nearly 10 years ago.
Duchovny has just completed two film projects, “Things We Lost In The Fire†and “The Secret,†with a new television series in pre-production. Anderson can now be seen in the Academy Award winning film “The Last King of Scotland†and is preparing to star in the new movie “No One Gets Off in This Town,†which is in pre-production. So, with their current commitments, production for the next X-Files flick will need to be scheduled around those.
In some other Spotnitz news â€" a “Night Stalker†revival is in the works with the show to return in reruns on the SCI FI Channel this summer.
Spotnitz and Touchstone are working together on a new project that, for now, is being kept under wraps.
What's that you say? A new X-Files movie?
Well, look no further!
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/03/28/x-files-2-movie-returning-in-2008/
Next year, all your X-Files questions will be answered! Or Not! They don't really care, just as long as it makes money! Enjoy!
(All snarkiness aside, I'm looking forward to this too. I just don't have high expectations.)
Looks like it won't be out till 2010. Hey, they could follow it up with a third movie in 2012 that deals with the alien invasion of 2012 that was revealed in the series finale, "The Truth."
2010? That seems a bit out there. I'm hoping sooner than that still.
Well, yeah, it takes a good 2 years to make a big-budget theatrical movie.
Duchovny: X-Files 2 Script Is Done
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=42452
David Duchovny, who played special agent Fox Mulder on the television series The X-Files and in the 1998 feature film, told reporters that he will be getting a finished script of a proposed second movie this week. Speaking in a news conference at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. on July 14, Duchovny said that The X-Files creator Chris Carter drafted the new script with longtime producing partner Frank Spotnitz. (Duchovny was promoting his new Showtime series Californication.)
"Chris has written it with Frank Spotnitz, and Chris will direct it," Duchovny said. "And [co-star Gillian Anderson is] on board, and I'm on board, and that's all I can tell you. I mean, I'm looking forward to seeing what he did."
Rumors of a second film have been circulating since the previous one came out. This time, Duchovny said that the long-anticipated sequel project is finally moving forward.
"Before, I would just say that because they told me," Duchovny said. "But now I've been talking to Chris and he's been giving me progress reports. He actually called yesterday and said next week we should have something."
Duchovny added that he's looking forward to bringing back Mulder because "he's cool." Filming for the proposed stand-alone film would begin in November, with an eye towards release in the summer of 2008, he said. â€"Cindy White
All I can say is... It's about time!
I will definetly keep an eye out for this one
I read this today:
X-Files movie sequel planned? Slow down...
By Ken Fisher | Published: January 20, 2005 - 11:30AM CT
I know it's been like Entertainment Weekly around here with all this discussion of entertainment news, but I have to share this one. Being a long-time fan but late-comer to the world of the X-Files, I've been hankering for Chris Carter to return to what he does best. And let's face it, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, for better or for worse, are really only interesting when they're doing the X-Files.
Earlier this week David Duchovny told the UK's Sun Online that that an X-Files movie sequel is in fact planned, saying that "[w]e’re hoping to get together just under a year from now and make another X Files movie." He noted that Gillian Anderson has not signed on yet, but Duchovny's statements indicate that the scriptâ€"a collaboration between Carter and with Frank Spotnitzâ€"is not yet finished. Duchovny made similar comments at the recent Critics Choice Awards, as well. However, when TV Guide got word of this, they did a little fact checking and called up Chris Cater.
"There's nothing at the moment going on," Chris Carter's agent, Elliott Webb, says. "There is no negotiation, there's no script written, there's nothing other than a desire for people to get together."
Sadly, it looks like Duchovny may just be champing at the bit. Nevertheless, his comments to the Sun Online are interesting, if only for revealing what he expects to come of the movie, should the "desire" for the movie actually produce one. If and when it is finished, Duchovny says we'll get a movie that shies away from the master story arc concerning alien conspiracies and all of that in favor of a nice paranormal freakshow.
"I think we’re going back to the ‘monster of the week’ type feel, where if you’re not an avid fan and don’t understand the mythology you can still come to it and get the movie, Duchovny said. "Especially because at this point I think some people would have forgotten what the mythology was or what happened in seasons two, three and four."
The TV show was apt dealing with "monster of the week" themes, even if Scully did get annoying with her constant amazement that Mulder would believe in something paranormal. The question is whether or not old X-Files fans are going to be content with a X-Files horror flick.
When the X-Files was still in production for TV, Duchovny got the seven-year itch and wanted out, so the last two years of the series were largely devoid of his presence. Now not only does he want back in, but he says that he'd like to see the X-Files turned into a movie franchise. Whatever his motivations, I for one would like to see new life under the X-Files name.
are the x-files related to x-men? (lol I know nothing of this stuff)
Nothing like X-men...You'd love it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files
lol looks pretty interesting
Will be interesting to see if this happens, I am hoping it will as would like to see more X-Files. I actually would like it if they did a series of TV movies instead of features, maybe a 2 or 3 a year. But thats just me :)
Quote from: jedijeff on July 17, 2007, 04:08:03 PM
Will be interesting to see if this happens, I am hoping it will as would like to see more X-Files. I actually would like it if they did a series of TV movies instead of features, maybe a 2 or 3 a year. But thats just me :)
That my friend, is an excellent idea. :)
Fox sets date for 'X-Files' sequel
Scully, Mulder return to theaters on July 25
The long-awaited second "X-Files" film is finally a go, with 20th Century Fox setting a July 25, 2008 release date.
Untitled project reunites "X-Files" creator Chris Carter with thesps David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who will reprise their signature roles as
FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
Carter begins lensing in December in Vancouver from a script he co-wrote with Frank Spotnitz, a veteran scribe of the long-running "X-Files" television
series, which became a worldwide hit in its 1993-2002 run on the Fox network. Spotnitz also co-wrote with Carter the screenplay for 1998 feature "X-Files."
Studio is keeping the film's logline under wraps, but stressed the pic is a stand-alone story and supernatural thriller that takes the complicated
relationship between Mulder and Scully in new directions.
Cool news, glad it is stand alone, and glad they are filming in Vancouver as felt X-Files was it its best when filmed there. Still think they should do a few TV movies a year, but excited for the new movie, been a long time for X-Files.
Very cool news. I'll definitely be seeing this one in theaters.
One of the best shows ever. So happy to hear this.
Sounds like a quick turnaround....or are we just used to the 1-3 year turnarounds for the likes of Pirates of the Carribean , Star Wars, Trek...etc?
I'll probably see this one in the theater as I am a huge X-Files fan. I wouldn't be surprised if Carter doesn't find a way to revive X-Files as a series with a new cast soon. Seems to be the trend now anyway. He might as well jump on the bandwagon.
Kevin
"X-Files" Movie Lining Up the Stars
Chris Carter's next "X-Files" movie has just signed on rapper Xzibit ("8 Mile"), actress Amanda Peet ("Martian Child") and Billy Connolly ("Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events") to star alongside David Duchovny (Agent Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Agent Dana Scully) for the long overdue sequel to the first 1998 film and TV series. Carter is adamant to remind fans that this next project is not a sequel but will stand on its own merit.
The Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz script is under tight security. The film will begins production next month in Vancouver and is hoping for a July 2008 release date.
Cool. Personally...All I care about is that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will be returning. :D
Looks like rapper Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly are going to be in the film.
I just hope they bring back Robert Patrick and give him something impotant to do.
http://www.tv.com/story/10565.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=news&tag=headlines;title;3
this was posted in the X-Files 2 thread... I'm going to merge this topic
Oh sorry, I didn't see that posting. Where has this thread been?!
It's been around.. we are already on page 3 :)
I don't know how I've missed it.
The TV and Movie section moves pretty fast.. topics are posted to that section many times a day and things get pushed to the second, third and fourth pages pretty quickly.
Hmm..
Do any of you guys want to see Robert Patrick in this one?
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on December 11, 2007, 11:41:21 AM
The TV and Movie section moves pretty fast.. topics are posted to that section many times a day and things get pushed to the second, third and fourth pages pretty quickly.
Kenny - I've been thinking on that. Do you think we should have a movie section and a different one for TV? What do you think?
Oh - I think it would be cool to see Robert Patrick in the movie. I always liked him.
Quote from: Rico on December 11, 2007, 02:26:20 PM
Kenny - I've been thinking on that. Do you think we should have a movie section and a different one for TV? What do you think?
That might be a good idea.. that is the most popular section on the forums. If you create it I can go through and move all the threads to there appropriate section.
Ok Kenny. Probably more TV talk overall in this section now so I will make this old section TV and make a new one for movies. I'll start moving a few recent threads.
Quote from: space_invader64 on December 11, 2007, 02:02:59 PM
Hmm..
Do any of you guys want to see Robert Patrick in this one?
I know I'm one of the few.. but I enjoyed the last two seasons of X-Files... I wouldn't mind seeing Patrick back.
Here's Mulder and Scully in The X Files 2 !
Source: 20th Century Fox
January 17, 2008
20th Century Fox has provided ComingSoon.net with four new photos of David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully in Fox's The X Files 2, coming to theaters on July 25.
The film will dump the long-running "mythology" plotline — that aliens live among us and are part of a colonizing effort. "We spent a lot of time on (the mythology) and wrapped up a lot of threads" when the show went off the air in 2002, Chris Carter, creator of the series and director of the new movie, told the USA Today "We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one."
You can see larger pictures here. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41035
I just saw those and was about to post them. I'm very excited to see this movie. Loved the "X-Files." Need to do a podcast on it at some point.
The both look great.. can't wait for a trailer...
Hopefully we will see Fox in his button down FBI mode at some point (actually is he still in the FBI?) because it would be nice to see David Duchovny in something other than "Californication mode".
Both look great and do not look like they have aged much since the series ended.
Great find there Kenny! They look good together. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one.
Kevin
Pileggi in Next X-Files Movie
If you can believe some leaked call sheets from the set of the next X-Files movies then actor Mitch Pileggi, who played FBI boss Walter Skinner for 82 episodes of the famous television series, will be returning to the role that made him a household name.
Skinner was one of those dubious characters in the 9 year series that always left you wondering if he was for or against Mulder and Scully in their endeavor to uncover alien and not-so-alien conspiracies.
Pileggi has been a recurring character for the last three seasons of "Stargate: Atlantis."
Cool news. Skinner was a good character.
That is cool that the are bringing back some of the other Characters in the series.
Carter Offers X-Files Hints
Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming second movie will be a stand-alone story that represents the best of the series.
"This movie takes some of the most, I think, essential themes of The X-Files and incorporates them and puts them to the test," Carter said in a group interview at WonderCon in San Francisco on Feb. 23. "I think that for me, so much of The X-Files was about skepticism, but it was also about faith, and I think that plays a big part of this movie."
The plotline of the as-yet-unnamed sequel remains a big secret--so much so that neither Carter nor producer/writer Frank Spotnitz would confirm or deny that spy photos of a werewolf head from the set were intentionally bogus or not.
But Spotnitz, speaking alongside Carter, allowed that the sequel will be "a stand-alone, scary movie. Scary, exciting movie. But it's also very much about these characters, very personal. A romantic, I think, emotional story."
Footage from the sequel was unveiled at WonderCon and showed the character played by Billy Connolly (whom Carter would only identify as a man with really long hair) and Amanda Peet, who has been identified as an FBI special agent in charge who goes missing.
"We came up with the story about five years ago, and we liked it, and pitched it because Fox had asked us to come up with something," Carter said. Protracted negotiations and legal "entanglements" delayed the sequel's start, he added. "So when we got the call from Fox that said, 'Make this movie, it's either now or never,' we said, 'OK, let's dust off that old story.' And that's what we did. We dusted off that old story, and we saw that it needed work. So we got back to work on it."
The sequel mirrors the passage of real time since the end of Fox's The X-Files TV show. "The truth is, after all that time, Mulder and Scully were different people, and we were different people, so the 'X-File' we came up with five years ago is still the X-File in the movie, but their personal lives--the state of their relationship, all those things--have changed over time, and that was kind of interesting," Spotnitz said. "To not only think about them after all this time, but, really, us as writers and what mattered to us and what we wanted to say in this movie [has also changed]." The X-Files sequel is still in production in Vancouver, Canada, with an eye to a July 25 release. --Patrick Lee, News Editor
Check it out guys & ladies....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7F0IgRj4g
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was awesome... I can't wait.
X-Files 2 Wraps In Canada
Production wrapped on March 13 in Vancouver, Canada, on the as-yet-untitled X-Files sequel movie, with star David Duchovny telling reporters that the crew staged the unauthorized Web photos of Mulder (Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) kissing, the Canadian National Post newspaper reported.
"We've had lots of paparazzi," writer-director Chris Carter told a post-wrap news conference. "In Langley [British Columbia] a couple of days ago, a black SUV pulled up on the side of the road and there was a long lens pointed at us."
The next day, pictures of Duchovny and Anderson, locked in a full-on kiss as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, appeared on Internet fan sites.
"We staged that," Duchovny said at the news conference.
Duchovny finished work earlier this week and was catching a plane to Los Angeles. The rest of the crew were to finish by week's end.
The movie is a stand-alone story unconnected to the series' ongoing conspiracy thread, but beyond that they're not saying much. The X-Files movie is slated to open July 25.
X-Files Creator Talks About the New Film
"The X-Files" creator Chris Carter gave out a little information about the next film in the franchise at the recent William S. Paley Television Festival held yesterday in LA.
Also on hand was the film's co-writer/creator Frank Spotnitz. Both men stated that, most important to fans of the series, that even though this would be an, as-yet-untitled, stand alone movie, it will follow closely established canon and mythos set in the television show's nine year history.
Other bits of news is moviegoers will finally learn the fate of baby William, the son of Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson). If you can remember back that far, William was secretly given up for adoption in the television show's final season in order to keep it safe from those who would wish to exploit the child for nefarious means.
Spotnitz revealed that the film will continue the story of Mulder and Scully six years after the events in the show's 2002 finale.
"In the movie, we wanted it to work for non-fans as well as fans," Spotnitz said. "But we were determined for the fans to honor all the work that these guys did on the series and all the love that people had for the show over the years. And so I think you'll see that, while this not a mythology movie, it's true to everything that's come before. It's true to Mulder and Scully, who they are, where they would be at this point in their lives and all of the experiences that they've had."
"It's the story we wanted to do," Carter added. "We went to the length of working out the story [a while back]. And then there was this lawsuit that got in the way. And years went by. ... [Then] I got a call from my lawyers — 'The lawsuit's been resolved.' 'Great!' And then the phone is ringing. Fox is like, 'Let's make a movie!' 'Great!'"
"And it was the best thing that could have happened," Carter said. "Because I think that the story that we came up with now, the movie we just did, is superior to the story that we had [created back then]. And it made us work harder."
One other item of interest brought up at the panel was Carter's revelation that he is seriously considering a big screen feature about his other highly popular television series, "Millennium," which starred fan favorite Lance Henriksen.
"We've talked about that over the years," Carter said. "Lance would love to do it. I don't know if it would ever get done. It's a long shot. It would be fun. I have ideas about how to do it."
The next X-Files movie is set to open in theaters on July 25, 2008.
X-Files Trailer Previewed
Chris Carter, who co-wrote and directed the upcoming X-Files sequel film, offered fans a glimpse at a rough cut of the trailer for the movie, which featured the new tagline "Believe Again."
Screened at the William S. Paley Television festival in Hollywood on March 26, the trailer featured a bit of dialogue between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson):
Mulder: "Scully. I need you on this with me."
Scully: "I know. That's what scares me."
It featured quick cuts of footage of uniformed men searching a snowfield, led by a white-haired man played by Billy Connolly; someone dragging a body; Mulder in a car being hit by another vehicle; a glimpse of cast member Callum Keith Rennie; Scully hitting someone over the head with a blunt object; the discovery of a body buried in ice; and other images, some of which were also previewed at WonderCon in San Francisco last month.
The trailer ends with a voiceover bit of dialogue between Connolly's character and Mulder as viewers see an image of Mulder and Scully climbing out of a helicopter:
Connolly's voice: "Do you believe in these kind of things?"
Mulder's voice: "Let's just say I want to believe."
The finished trailer will debut in movie theaters along with Iron Man on May 2, a Fox spokesman told SCI FI Wire. The second as-yet-untitled X-Files movie opens July 25. --Patrick Lee, News Editor
" ... even though this would be an, as-yet-untitled, stand alone movie, it will follow closely established canon and mythos set in the television show’s nine year history."
There was established canon??
(I watched the show, I know what the canon was SUPPOSED to be. But the truth is they made it up as they went along, by their own admission, and the show holds together about as well as a Tijuana rug.)
Of course, I will be seeing the film, but lets have no more of this "established canon" tomfoolery.
New Poster
X-Files DVDs Tied To Sequel
Fox Home Entertainment is releasing The X-Files: Revelations on July 8, a new DVD compilation of episodes of the hit TV series related to the theatrical release of the upcoming second X-Files movie on July 25.
The two-disc DVD collection features eight episodes selected by series creator Chris Carter, each of which includes an introduction by Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz saying why it was chosen and how it relates to the as-yet-untitled sequel film.
The DVD set will also feature the February WonderCon panel session with Carter and Spotnitz and stars David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully) in their first fan convention appearance together in several years.
The eight episodes, which were previously released as part of the show's various season box sets, are "Pilot," "Beyond the Sea," "The Host," "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," "Memento Mori," "The Post-Modern Prometheus," "Bad Blood" and "Milagro."
The DVD set also features the sequel's teaser trailer and a free Hollywood Movie Money ticket (valued at $8.50) for the sequel.
The X-Files: Revelations will carry a suggested retail price of $22.98.
Three more photos released.. check them out.
Cool Pics Kenny, Agent Scully looks great in them. Really looking forward to the movie.
`X-Files' movie title is out there: `I Want to Believe'
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
LOS ANGELES - The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title.
The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," Chris Carter, the series' creator and the movie's director and co-writer, told The Associated Press.
Distributor 20th Century Fox signed off on the title Wednesday.
The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. "I Want to Believe" was the slogan on a poster Duchovny's UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in the cluttered basement office where he and Anderson's Dana Scully worked.
"It's a natural title," Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. "It's a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. `I Want to Believe.' It really does suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith."
"I Want to Believe" comes 10 years after the first film and six years after the finale of the series, whose opening credits for much of its nine-year run featured the catch-phrase "the truth is out there."
Due in theaters July 25, the movie will not deal with aliens or the intricate mythology about interaction between humans and extraterrestrials that the show built up over the years, Carter said.
Instead, it casts Mulder and Scully into a stand-alone, earth-bound story aimed at both serious "X-Files" fans and newcomers, he said.
"It has struck me over the last several years talking to college-age kids that a lot of them really don't know the show or haven't seen it," Carter said. "If you're 20 years old now, the show started when you were 4. It was probably too scary for you or your parents wouldn't let you watch it. So there's a whole new audience that might have liked the show. This was made to, I would call it, satisfy everyone."
Hardcore fans need not worry that the movie will be going back to square one, though, Carter said. The movie will be true to the spirit of the show and everything Mulder and Scully went through, he said.
"The reason we're even making the movie is for the rabid fans, so we don't want to insult them by having to take them back through the concept again," Carter said.
Carter said he settled on "I Want to Believe" from the time he and co-writer Frank Spotnitz started on the screenplay. It took so long to go public with it because studio executives wanted to make sure it was a marketable title, he said.
The filmmakers have kept the story tightly under wraps to prevent plot spoilers from leaking on the Internet, a phenomenon that barely existed when the first movie came out in 1998.
"We went to almost comical lengths to keep the story a secret," Carter said. "That included allowing only the key crew members to read the script, and they had to read it in a room that had video cameras trained on them. It was a new experience."
Quote from: jedijeff on April 12, 2008, 07:32:19 AM
Cool Pics Kenny, Agent Scully looks great in them. Really looking forward to the movie.
Agent Scully has always, and will always look good. :ohbaby
Awesome title. I just about fainted when I read it because I remember see the picture of Mulder in this thread standing in front of the poster a while back and thinking "That would make a cool title". Sweet...a bit of that latent psychic ability showin itself.
X-Files's Duchovny Gets Back
David Duchovny, who reprises his most famous role in the upcoming The X-Files: I Want to Believe, told reporters that the sequel movie will return the franchise to its roots.
Speaking during a break in filming on the movie's set in Vancouver, Canada, last February, Duchovny said: "The themes are the same of what the show always was. The themes are about belief and faith and about the relationship between Mulder and Scully and how that's developed over the past four or five years the show's been off the air." (It's actually six.)
Duchovny again plays Fox Mulder, the former paranormal investigator and FBI agent, who is now a fugitive living on his own in a ramshackle house in the woods outside Washington, D.C. His former partner, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), has also moved on, "as if they've been living, you know, as we've all been living," Duchovny said. "They've not been stuck in time. I don't know if [series creator and director] Chris [Carter] mentioned that. But, you know, they've moved on in some fictional realm just as we all have. And yet their issues remain the same."
SCI FI Wire was among a group of reporters that observed filming on the sequel last winter, which offered a glimpse at a few sets (including Mulder's house) and a new look for Mulder, at least early in the movie.
Carter, a bit older but still the same former surfer, is dressed in a navy down vest and jeans and chatted informally with reporters in the craft services tent, where his black standard poodle watched intently as he munched on a cookie.
"This is more of a story we would have told in season three or four" of the series, Carter observed.
For his part, Duchovny said that he was excited to return to the franchise. "I was very excited to do it, and then as the date approached nearer, I started to wonder if I needed to work more, to kind of get back into that," he said. The challenge, he added, "was how to bring what I've learned in the last four or five years into this box." The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens July 25. --Patrick Lee, News Editor
Ya know after the first movie I kinda lost touch with the series. Where exactly are Mulder and Scully? Where do they stand? Is there anywhere to get a brief synopsis?
There was a clone. Or not. There was a baby. Or not. Smoking Man died. Probably.
They pretty much made it up as they went along, and it really lost its momentum after the fifth season. Mulder left, his sister came back, but it was a clone, some guy with a big jaw was an alien bounty hunter, Rat Boy lost an arm, the Black Oil went to Russia - lots of "stuff" happened, but none of it made any sort of narrative sense.
You are probably better off just not bothering and watching the film cold.
LOL....fair enough....sounds like it.
I 100% disagree with Locutus... I enjoyed every episode of the X-Files and think everyone should judge that series for itself.
Heh. Well, I didn't say it wasn't enjoyable. I watched the show. The interplay between characters was generally interesting, the special effects were cool, and the monster of the week episodes were always fun. I just wish the denouement was more satisfying.
I've mentioned elsewhere that they did not create the show to have any sort of arc, but that it just started happening so they tried to develop one within the run of the show. It worked for a while, very well, and culminated for me with the first film. Then the "mythology" just started to fall apart. It picked back up when the black oil was found in Serbia(?) and Rat Boy came back. I also liked the spaceship, Scully's baby, and the Mulder clone. But Kenny, you have to admit, the end of the show left quote a bit lacking and did not tie up nearly enough to make the viewing investment worth it.
I will say I loved the Lone Gunman series and the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark" was a fitting send off for them. I also loved Millennium, although I thought that ended poorly as well, and appreciated that the brought the Lance Henriksen character on for the turn of the century episode.
All that said, I will see the new X-Files film -Hope Springs Eternal.
There are two versions of X-Files trailer here.. check them out while they are up.. Rico posted the first one in this thread.. but the I don't think the second one was posted here.
http://www.rfjason.com/article/x_files_2_trailer
Here's the Polish poster for X-Files 2
Check out these Viral Videos.. Mulder talking about Scully and Scully talking about
Mulder.
The Official trailer is up.
http://www.xfiles.com/
Wow, looks like it is going to be a great movie.
Those are two of the best characters in SciFi for TV. The trailer looks cool also :)
Thanks for the link Kenny; the trailer looks great! I wonder what's buried out there under the ice...
Here's the UK Movie Poster
Oh how cool does Agent Scully look.
(http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1895.0;attach=4076;image)
I Want To Believe that this movie will rock...
In the commercials I've seen, Gillian Anderson doesn't look like she's aged a day... while David looks like he's aged a bit—as he should... it's been how long since X-Files went off the air? They both look great. Can't wait to see the film. COOL poster.
Oh yeah Dave still looks good. They do make a great partnership.
I read the first review for X-Files 2 and they say what I expected... Nothing more than a TV episode, only longer.
You know what? screw critics. I am a huge fan of the 'files so I know I'll enjoy it. Plus, X-files has always been about story and not too much action. It's a more intellectual show compared to other stuff.
So if the movie is a little slow, that's fine with me. Odds are it will add a lot to the X-Files universe and that will make me happy.
I'm with you mate. I love the tv show and if they say the film is just a long tv show then i really can't go wrong.
Well, just got back from the movie - and yes it was a TV episode on the big screen. I enjoyed it but I was a really big fan of the series. It was great seeing Muldur and Scully once again (Gillian looked great). An interesting story but at least for me not a lot of surprises. Would of liked just a bit more I think. I liked it but I wanted more info on what the pair had been up to in the years away. If you are a fan of the show I think you will enjoy the movie. Otherwise you might want to pass.
Sounds like a good candidate for DVD to me. Thanks for the review Rico.
I'll talk more about it probably on the video podcast this coming weekend.
I'll wait for the DVD on this one. I have the complete series on DVD and loved the show but the buzz on this one has settled my mind on waiting for the DVD release. With box office sales numbers so low it will probably be out in October anyway.
Kevin
All I will say is for "X Files" fans that might want to see another movie I still think you should go see it in theaters to support them. If it doesn't do well enough, we may never get another another big screen "X Files" movie again. :alien
P.S. Stay through the credits, there is a fun little scene near the end of them that they slip in.
What ???!!! Bugger !!
I am very excited about this movie. I simply love the X-Files and I always wanted more.
For what I've read, critics are being very harsh on the movie and I wonder if they get it at all.
In every show to cinema project you can hear/read the same crap: It's like a TV episode only longer.
Well to all the cricits: I don't care. I am a big fan and I am sure I will like it because I know the characters, I know the situations and I simple want more.
The movie will open next week here. Oh I will so be there!
Make sure to come back to the thread and let us know what you think Chief!
David and I just got home from watching the X-Files movie. It was good. I liked it...though I'm VERY glad I didn't leave when the credits started like everyone else did. I would have been dissatisfied with the ending if I had. I liked the symbolism as the ice slowly transitioned to water while credits rolled...then the shot at the end spelled it all out for us. Very clever.
I haven't read anyone's comments on this movie, because I wanted to see it first. Did anyone catch the cell phone address book, right before he has his "accident"? He was about to call "Gillian". I thought that was an interesting Easter Egg. LOVED the surprise cameo appearance. I was the only one cheering when he showed up on screen. :)
The plot was very Silence Of The Lambs... It creeped me out. YUCK. It felt like I was watching an actual X-Files episode, sans the alien stuff and a bit more 'thrillerish'. The camera angles and the lighting were remeniscant of the series...I thought it was very fitting. Make-up seemed to be at a minimum which made the film feel more real, more dark and depressing. I liked the relationship between Mulder and Scully. I kept asking, are they married? They act like it... What's going on between them? Then the answer was just delivered on a silver platter in the middle of the movie. I can't remember, did something happen to William in the TV series, in the last movie, or did they throw that into this movie as a hint of something that happened to him between the two films?
I think there was a total 25 people in the theater with us... Sort of a quiet night. Guess everyone was watching Dark Knight. Saw the previews for the Clone Wars movie. I'm going to see that next. It looks good. I like the animation style better in CGI.
Glad you saw it Jen. Like I said I enjoyed the film, just kind of wish they had done a little more with it maybe. But still great to see the pair of them together again on screen.
I saw this movie yesterday, and enjoyed quite a bit. I agree that it felt like an episode more so then a movie, but nonetheless I really was happy to see X-Files again. I did not mind that it did not have a lot of action and special effects, and was more story driven. I also found being a stand alone story, and stripped of all the weight the series and the previous movie had of an ongoing story arc was refreshing. I do agree the the critics, that the sub plot did not add much to me, and had a very loose connection to the primary plot in the end.
I hope they do more X-Files in the future, as I think it still has plenty of good stories in it. I still think I would prefer they did TV movies, and maybe a couple a year, with an less complex arc.
Something tells me it was an episode script that Chris Carter liked but never got to durring the show's run and really wanted to make so he did in the movie.
I was really wanting to see something along the lines of the first movie they did. Hopfully with Robert Patrick in the Cast somewhere.
DVD Details...from The Digital Bits
Okay, Fox just sent over details on the special features for the DVD and Blu-ray release of The X-Files: I Want to Believe and the Blu-ray release of The X-Files: Fight the Future, all due in stores on 12/2. Here's what to expect...
The X-Files: I Want to Believe will be released on single-disc DVD (SRP $29.98), 3-disc DVD special edition (SRP $34.98) and Blu-ray (SRP $39.99). The single-disc DVD will include both the theatrical and unrated extended editions of the film in anamorphic widescreen video with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. (FYI, the unrated version is 4 minutes longer.) Extras will include audio commentary by writer/director Chris Carter and co-writer Frank Spotnitz, 2 featurettes (Body Parts: Special Make-up Effects and Chris Carter: Statements on Green Production), deleted scenes, a gag reel, a music slideshow featuring Xzibit's Dying 2 Live, theatrical trailers and still galleries (featuring collectibles, storyboards, concept art and unit photography). To this, the 3-disc special edition will add the 3-part Trust No One: Can The X-Files Remain a Secret? feature-length documentary (includes You Can Go Home Again, Misinformation and Don't Give Up), as well as a Digital Copy version of the film. The Blu-ray Disc will feature all of the above along with Blu-ray exclusive features, including the BD-Live web-enabled The X-Files Dossier: Agent Dakota Whitney Files (which allows you to examine case files and participate in forensic challenges), Picture-in-Picture enhancement of the commentary track, The X-Files Complete Interactive Timeline (featuring over 80 video clips from various X-Files episodes), additional in-movie viewing options (including a real-time index, Behind-the-Camera material and Storyboards and Concept Art), an isolated score track and D-Box enhancement. The Blu-ray video will be AVC/MPEG-4, with audio in the usual DTS-HD MA. We believe the newly-produced video-based bonus material will be in full HD.
I finally got to see this film today on DVD. I bought it and the first film in a two pack from Sam's Club for $19.99. I thought that was a decent score.
I liked the film although I'm glad I didn't waste money to see it in the theater. To me it did not have theatrical release production values. It was only as good as any direct to DVD movie I have seen and that's about all. The story was enjoyable for what it was and certainly qualifies as an X-Files story. Duchovny and Anderson have aged quite a bit to where, IMO, it was quite noticeable but they still have good chemistry together. The subject matter of the film was a little disturbing though and my wife was a little bothered by it. I had to tell her it was "just" a movie. Anyway, for what it was the film was enjoyable enough, but if they don't improve the production quality on the next one, if there will even be one, then they should skip the theater and just go direct to DVD.
Kevin