The X-File 2!!!

[stratlady]

I am so delighted to FINALLY be able to make this thread!!!!
So, it turns out that there will be another X-Files movie after all.

Apparently, shooting is expected to start on December 10 and the movie should hit theater somewhere in July. (not so sure went anymore since both articles I read have different dates)

References:
wiki (Read the part entitled "Future of The X-Files")
variety.com
comingsoon.net

And for those needing to refresh their memories on the series: The X-Files Wiki


So, who else is excited about this news?? ;D ;D ;D

[EvenInDeath46]

I'm excited! ;D This sounds like it will be awesome! I can't wait to see the movie! Now I'm in the mood to watch The X-Files.

[stratlady]

^^^well, lately I got my addiction back again. I've been watching these XF music vids; I especially enjoy the vids using music from Muse or LP. I also started reading fanfics again. Some of the stuff outhere is pretty good.

I forgot to mention something about the movie: It's a stand-alone ep. So most likely, it'll be set up before the final, meaning that Mulder and Scully are forever hiding away from the governement/aliens. Not sure how that'll play out in the time frame, but I guess we'll see.

ETA: Oh and if anybody is interested in watching XF clips over youtube, type these words in teh search engine: most unwanted squirrel. You'll be pleasantly surprised, especially if you are a ship... ;D

[EvenInDeath46]

What do you mean by "it will be set up before the final." Is there going to be a third movie? The plot sounds pretty interesting, thus far.

[stratlady]

huh, yeah sorry, that was only clear in my head.

What I meant to say is that the movie is not a follow up of the last ep of season 9.

The movie is more like an extended X-Files ep taking place before "The Truth". Hence my comment "Mulder and Scully are forever hiding away from the governement/aliens".

Does that make more sense?

[EvenInDeath46]

Oh, yeah... I get it now. So this movie is supposed to take place during the time before "The Truth"?

[stratlady]

Here is what may adress this discussion (thanks evthreads):

Originally Posted by The Hollywood Reporter
Threesome mark spots for 'X-Files'
By Gregg Goldstein
Dec 6, 2007

NEW YORK -- The new "X-Files" movie will be packing more heat. Rapper Xzibit, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly have signed on for director Chris Carter's next big-screen adaptation of the hit series for Fox.

Sources said Xzibit and Peet will play fellow FBI agents to David Duchovny's Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Scully in the supernatural thriller with a stand-alone story, not a sequel or continuation of the hit 1998 feature adaptation. Citing a policy of secrecy surrounding the plot line, Fox would not confirm any details regarding the three actors' roles.

Carter and Frank Spotnitz wrote the screenplay, and production is expected to begin this month in Vancouver. The film is set to hit theaters in July.

Not sure how I feel about this...but I guess we'll wait and see.

[EvenInDeath46]

Is there any part of the description that you don't like?

[stratlady]

^^^yeah, I don't think Mulder and Scully should have "fellow FBI agents". Unless these fellow aren't that friendly in the end...

Mulder and Scully never really had any allies in the FBI (aside from Skinner); so if these new agents are like their allies, it will make no sense. Plus I don't want other agents taking too much screen time.

[EvenInDeath46]

True, true. Mulder and Scully made such a great team on The X-Files. Agents Doggett and Reyes were good too, but the original team was so much better. These new agents might take away some of that greatness which lies in only Mulder and Scully alone.

[unicorn07]

I know this isn't anything to do with the movie, but SciFi Channel is doing a X-Files marathon today. Not sure if any of you will see this before it ends, but thought I'd let yah know.

[stratlady]

I so wish I had the SciFi channel. I can't catch any reruns of the X-Files around. All I get is Sex and the City or 2 and 1/2 men.

Oh and that's not even related to the X-Files, but Jess, yesturday there was a 90min special on the Spice Girls on CTV.

[stratlady]

So I stole these from evthreads...gosh this has totally made my day. ;D






There is also an article from USA Today

First look: 'X-Files' returns to theaters, minus alien mythology
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY

The sequel is out there. The conspiracy theories will not be.

Ten years after the first film and six years after the show went off the air, The X-Files returns to theaters with Fox Mulder, Dana Scully — and a lot riding on the bet that fans want more of the FBI's paranormal-investigating agents.

The film, which remains without a formal title, will dump the long-running "mythology" plotline — that aliens live among us and are part of a colonizing effort — that made it one of the most popular television shows in the late 1990s but ultimately drove away some viewers who found it too complex and ambiguous.

"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, says Chris Carter, creator of the series and director of the new movie. "We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one."

That will come as welcome news to fans of the show's stand-alone episodes, which included cults, ghosts, psychics and ancient curses.

Carter refuses to divulge any plot points of the movie, but says he wanted to make the film immediately after the show ended. A contractual dispute with 20th Century Fox kept it on the shelf until the case was settled out of court.

He says the delay may turn out to be a blessing.

"There's a whole audience I want to introduce X-Files to," Carter says. "There were kids who couldn't watch it on TV because it was too scary. Now they're in college. I wanted a movie that everyone could go to."

Whether they will could be a test of the show's legacy, says Blair Butler of the G4TV network, which caters to video-game enthusiasts and science-fiction fans.

"At its strongest, it had really creepy stand-alone episodes," she says. "They turned it into a great franchise. But a lot of years have passed. We'll see if it's fallen off the radar."

She says the film could benefit from an ironic twist: the Writers Guild strike.

"I think it could be a sort comfort food for the people who loved how original the show was and aren't seeing original TV now," she says.

But Carter believes they'll be drawn by something else: the show's stars, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

"For me, The X-Files has always been a romance," he says. "They had an intellectual romance that's very rare and restrained compared to so many relationships on TV. I think that's what appealed most to the fans. And they're back."

[stratlady]

I also found this video of the set (video which most likely was filmed illegally ):
link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1218134466?bctid=1347877708

(kinda wish the girl was Scully)

[stratlady]

Another video:

www.flynetonline.com/2008/01/mulder-scully-return/