The X Files 2 (film)

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The X Files 2
Written by Frank Spotnitz
Starring David Duchovny
Gillian Anderson
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Language English
Preceded by The X Files

The X Files 2 is the sequel to the film adaptation of the television series The X-Files.

[edit] Project Status

This film has been stuck in something akin to development hell, due to a lawsuit between Chris Carter and 20th Century Fox which has only recently been settled. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny have signed on to the project and Frank Spotnitz will write it. The movie will not focus on the mythology aspect of the series, and act as a stand-alone X-Files story in the vein of "monster-of-the-week" episodes.[1]

In an interview with Parade, Duchovny confirmed that there will eventually be a sequel, stating that "we're all signed on."[2] However when answering a reader's question about a new X-Files film, on November 2, 2006, Moviehole's Clint Morris said he had asked a "FOX insider", who told him, "It's not on the development slate, and personally, I don’t think it ever will be. I think you’ve seen the last of that series."[citation needed]

Rob Bowman relayed last year that creator Chris Carter and Fox studios are currently settling legal matters over The X-Files and stated that production will begin when the matters are settled. In April 2007, Gillian Anderson indicated in an interview [3] (see below) that Chris Carter's lawsuit had been settled and production on the sequel was now moving forward.

In an interview with IESB.net, Duchovny said that final negotations for the sequel had wrapped and filming would probably start in 2008.[4] He described the film as a "supernatural thriller" and has said that "there is no script completed, they are still developing the entire story."

On April 2nd 2007, the website Empire published an interview [5] with Gillian Anderson. Although the interview focused on another movie she is in, when asked about an X-Files sequel, she said “Every year or two they talk about it again, but it seems like it might be for real this time. Somehow it seems like somebody’s really serious about it. I know that Chris’ lawsuit with Fox is over, so maybe now it can be done.” Regarding the plot for the new sequel, Anderson said “All Chris says is that he wants to make a really scary horror, like a stand-alone episode. I don’t think they’re interested in touching on any of the conspiracy stuff.”

The next day, on April 3rd 2007, David Duchovny was mentioned [6] in a brief article on IMDB. In the article, Duchovny officially confirmed that he and Gillian Anderson will be returning in a sequel to the 1998 movie, reprising their roles as Mulder and Scully. He said that X-Files creator Chris Carter was presently working on a script and that "This week, they're starting some kind of road towards doing it (the film). Gillian and I both want to be in it now. We're happy to do it. At this point all of the kind of fatigue and anxiety that we had towards the end of a nine-year run is gone. We've forgotten why we hate one another and can only remember why we love one another and we're very happy to go back. Chris and Frank are going over the story. It's a story they've had for a few years but we haven't all settled on the fact that we wanted to do it, so now they're hammering it out."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frank Spotnitz Writing The X-Files 2
  2. ^ In Step With...David Duchovny
  3. ^ Exclusive: Scully Talks X-Files Sequel
  4. ^ X-Files 2 A Go For 2008
  5. ^ Exclusive: Scully Talks X-Files Sequel
  6. ^ All Go on 'X-Files' Sequel?
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