Ten Thirteen Productions

Ten Thirteen Productions is a production company founded by Chris Carter in 1993, which produced four television series and two films (The X-Files: Fight the Future and The X-Files: I Want to Believe). The company was named after Carter's birthday, October 13. The Ten Thirteen offices are located in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.

History

The company was founded when Carter began his series The X-Files in 1993. With the success of The X-Files continuously growing, in 1996 the company embarked on a new series; Millennium. The series lasted for three seasons. In 1998 they released an X-Files film, The X-Files: Fight the Future, which grossed $189,198,313. In 1999, as Millennium was canceled, a third series was put into production, Harsh Realm. Despite critical praise, it was canceled after only nine episodes. In 2001 they decided to create a direct spin-off from The X-Files and the result was The Lone Gunmen. This was canceled after one season.

Produced material

Television series

• The X-Files (1993–2002)
• Millennium (1996–1999)
• Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
• The Lone Gunmen (2001)

Films

• The X-Files aka The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Curiosities

The Lone Gunman (TV Series) - The 9/11 Twin Towers Attack Predicted in March: In the premier episode, which aired March 4, 2001, members of the U.S. government conspire to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame the act on terrorists to gain support for a new profit-making war. The episode aired six months prior to the September 11 attacks. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_%28TV_series%29)

• In X-Files episode 3x16 (36:03), there is a room in a "Silo" numbered 1013, where presumably, is stored an "Alien Ship"
• In X-Files episode 9x14 (30:30), Tommy Collins says "I made this" while showing his drawings to Agent Monica Reyes. This is probably a reference to the Ten Thirteen Productions logo, in which sound producer Thierry J. Couturier's son, Nathan Conturier, says "I made this!" over the sound of a film reel rolling.