X-Files returns to TV after 13 years off the air
Stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to return for limited
series on Fox
By Staff
CBC News
Mar 24, 2015 5:23 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/x-files-returns-to-tv-after-13-years-off-the-air-1.3007274
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles as agents
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in a just-confirmed reboot of /The X-Files/,
Fox Broadcasting Company says.
The popular sci-fi series went off the air 13 years ago, taking with it
its strange stories of unexplained paranormal drama.
But the cult classic will return to Fox with a limited series of six
new episodes, the show's creator Chris Carter revealed in a statement on
Tuesday.
"I think of it as a 13-year commercial break," said Carter. "The good
news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to
tell these six stories."
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
*David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson appear in a 1996 promotional image
for X-Files. The sci-fi series premiered in 1993. The new limited
X-Files series will air on Fox. (Fox/Liaison/Getty Images)*
The Vancouver-shot show, which centred on Mulder and
Scully's investigations into mysterious FBI cases, or "X-Files,"
won multiple Emmy awards in its nine seasons and inspired two spinoff
films.
It also proved to be a major breakout hit for Fox.
"/The X-Files/ was not only a seminal show for both the studio and the
network, it was a worldwide phenomenon that shaped pop culture," said
Dana Walden and Gary Newman, chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group
in a statement to Entertainment Weekly.
"Few shows on television have drawn such dedicated fans as /The
X-Files/, and we’re ecstatic to give them the next thrilling chapter of
Mulder and Scully they've been waiting for.”
Production on the new /X-Files/ series is slated to begin this summer.
It's not clear if the production will return to Vancouver, or if other
popular characters, like William B. Davis's Smoking Man will return in
the revived show.
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