For kicks, we decided to remove the ghoulies, critters and Sloth Fratellis from this new still for July’s sequel to The X Files. Mundane offices are scary enough (we took out the ancient, macabre fax machine, too). You can question the ethics behind this censorship, but we promise that we did not touch up Moulder and Scully. These two simply do not age, one of the benefits of being slimed, I read somewhere.
The pic first popped up in USA Today, where X Files creator Chris Carter was kind enough to reiterate what those privy to trendy Internet have known since Dakota Fanning grew blond hair and blue eyes: The sequel has nothing to do with A.) aliens and B.) the 1998 film and TV show’s mythology [aliens]. Not that it isn’t a great move for the franchise. Got Carter?
“We spent a lot of time on [the mythology] and wrapped up a lot of threads. We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one.”
January 17th, 2008 at 7:24 am
If it is not part of the Mythology then it has to be a really great standalone story, they could of got away with an OK storyline if they had stuck to an Alien Conspiracy.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
that’s stupid… it should take off where the movie/series left off. I won’t be seeing this.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:47 am
this movie is 2nd to TDK for my most anticipated upcoming flix. I’m a little bummed its not a continuation, as there are still many unanswered questions - 2012?!?! - but being able to see the gang back together is too good to be true!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:57 am
No aliens in the story? Are they going after Yeti now?
I always enjoyed the show until Scully went preggo, and Mulder vanished, getting replaced by the T1000. Then everything just got kinda silly.
I enjoyed the 1st movie though. And I’ll go see this one.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I am relly looking forward to this movie it on my top 10 for 2008. Now iam rewatching the intire x files series now and i just stared season 6 and iam finding the mythology part now as injoyabole as erelyer in the season like 2 or 3 and i think if the chris cater and his co writer frank spotnitz have both writen the scrip and chris is dircting it than they must relly has a good stand alone storie and the 1st movie was 10 years ago and the shoed ened liek 6 years ago so they must relly have good ideas for this movie or they woudnet be doing it.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I really don’t see the point of making this film if its just gonna be a big screen version of an average x-files episode. IF this is Carters way of turning this into a franchise…making us all pay per view for each new x-files episode/film that comes out every 3 years,…. Then Chris Carter can take a flying fuck through a rolling dough nut.
They drove the x-files into the ground so hard, I walked away from it and did’nt look back. I still dont care that I dont know how the series ended……..and they’re not getting me back as a viewer that easily.
What’s next…. A millennium movie?
Think up some new material or just go away.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
This is going to be great!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Leaving out the alien mythology is the only way this film will make a buck and allow for more X Files films. Too much time has passed for the mythology to be addressed in a sequel. And personally, I always enjoyed the standalone episodes more. Let’s hope it delivers real scares and lots of creepiness. And let’s hope the monster doesn’t turn out to be Xzibit.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I’m so glad it’s a stand-alone movie. While the first one was pretty good, I think the alien ish was getting old. Some of the best X-Files episodes were stand-alone story lines. Remember the episode “Home”? Classic.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I couldn’t be happier that the movie is going to be a stand-alone but I would really just like for them to acknowledge some of what went on in season 8 and 9 (ie their son and running off). Unlike many fans I thoroughly enjoyed the myth-arc episodes and there are lots of times I wonder just what the hell is going to happen in the X-files world in December of 2012. I’m sorely disappointed that Doggett and Reyes won’t be back this time around (am I the only one who liked Doggett?)… and just where the hell is Mitch?! Rumors are that if there’s an X-Files 3 we’ll see the entire cast and a myth-arc theme to deal with the alien invasion. Otherwise, it is just so damned cool to have Mulder and Scully back. I want to see where their relationship is going! Bring it on Chris Carter.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
hunter: you are absolutely right, if a standalone opens the doors for future films, this is the way to go. Redandjohnny, carter isn’t ‘making’ us do anything - stay home. however, if you once were a fan, have some faith in carter. As more details emerge, you might be suprised what he’s bringing to this new film.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:28 am
I too am hoping that this isn’t going to be a big flop, it will be strange if they don’t mention why they(in particular Mulder) are still FBI agents etc as last time we knew Mulder was a fugitive and certainly not working for the government. I was hoping for a film about the pending alien invasion so hopefully if this standalone story goes down well they will precede it with a film about the invasion. I’ll just cross my fingers in the meantime that it will be really good!
February 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
i can’t wait ’till july 25th, but, is it just me or what. but i can’t find ANY recent pics of GA and DD!!!!!!!!! It’s driving me nuts
February 11th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I’m hoping this not only relaunches the X-Files movies with Fox and Scully but also gets people thinking a 2nd generation X-Files tv show (just call it “X”) might be a good idea. New, younger agents, Skinner to bridge the gap between the old show and the new one. If Star Trek can put out 5 different shows, The X-Files can certainly go for a second.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:17 am
The FLOOD
The skies are heavy with the salty moisture.
We’re in for downpour, not simply rain this time.
The liquid is too hot to save it any longer.
The beautiful release is near to come.
The precious drops, divine and pure,
Are heavy with the hurt and burn my guilty palms.
Is it a tender poison or a painful cure?
It heals but leaves deep bleeding scars…
I’d give my life for every suffered out drop
And take instead the hurt I’m soothing now.
But since my sin has caused the Flood
It’s not enough to expiate it only by my blood.
PS: Mulder, PLEASE, make Scully happy this time!!!
March 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
brovi says:
‘X-FILES’ DAVID DUCHVONY AND THE NAZI BOYS
http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/bc/ondemand/video/bc-080312-xfiles-CLIP.wmvThe ‘X-Files’ Group [Carter, Spotnitz and Duchvony] Why is it that whenever these duds open their mouths they reek of misinformation and deception much like a used-car-salesman? Within seconds you know they’re full of corroded horse crap. (http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/bc/ondemand/video/bc-080312-xfiles-CLIP.wmv}
Moreover, they’re like a really bad infommercial: always selling old Nazi Hollywood (especially X-Files) with such recycling self-glorifications. Not only that but they, without fail, always come across like a bunch of nerdy white collar perverts. Society has never -ever- heard anybody talk as much and say so little as these.
David Duchvony, Carter what’s-his-name and the other what’s-his-name Spotnitz are known for being a total ‘Nazi Landing.’ That’s not all they’re known for. This talentless group of hangers-on made millions off the skirt-tails of Gillian Anderson for a near decade.
Without Gillian Anderson these guys have been sucking the big one, ever since she cut herself loose in 2002. They’ve been stalking her ever since. This brotherhood abused her way before then however.
If you’ve ever been a female in the military, you can imagine the kind of harassment and hell she had to put up with (throughout her TV X-Files years) from this jealous bunch of ‘Nazi sexist momma’s boys.’
David Duchvony’s massive ego was tormented when his popularity dropped like ‘Californication’ ratings (compared to Gillian Anderson’s) once Gillian came to the TV series X-Files. With old Hollywood and their Fox studio’s unabated blessing, Duchvony and the boys began setting up camp to control, dominate and undermine Gillian Anderson. However, she adamantly refused to cooperate like a good little girl. Go figure!
David Duchvony - Does Nothing
Gillian Anderson was forced to work 16 to 17 hour days scrapping around on the floor fighting with pretend alien dummies into her ninth month of pregnancy. The abuse didn’t stop there. Moreover, do you think that David Duchvony and the Nazi boys spoke out concerning this atrocity against motherhood? Yea right.
Gillian Anderson was forced to continue these slave hours after her first newborn arrived. For a near decade she had to work these hours combined with five and a half workweeks for nine months straight out of the year. During the day the only time that Gillian Anderson even got to see her first child was for about 20 minutes between the Nazi boys changing the lighting on the set.
When Gillian tried to stop the abuse they held her to their mafia-like contract. When she fulfilled particulars of the contract that allowed her to option out of that Nazi deed she put in her resignation immediately. During her years struggling to be a working mother and fighting the contractual abuse, David Duchvony and the Nazi boys merely ran the sidelines.
David Duchvony’s only public outcry during that time was not against the abuse of motherhood and women’s rights on the set by his Nazi boys -and in old Hollywood. No. His only published complaint was, of course, for himself. Duchvony felt it was unfair that he had to do most of the physical and dirty work scenes. And, he wanted more pay. Where have all the good men gone?
Now David Duchvony and the Nazi boys were in dire straights. They pushed their evil Nazi ways too far. Their only source of income was about to walk out the door. But, that wasn’t far enough away from these cows for Gillian Anderson. She left the country.
Not once has David Duchvony, nor the Nazi boys, spoke out or even mentioned Gillian Anderson’s decade abuse or the abuse which followed Gillian’s resignation. Why would they? They were/are the large part of it. Old Hollywood has attempted to make it impossible for Gillian Anderson to work in the industry. It reeks in Hollywood of ‘either X-Files or nothing’ for Gillian Anderson.
Was it Gillian Anderson’s fault that David Duchvony and the Nazi boys, old Hollywood and their Fox studios lost millions upon millions in potential future project revenues when Gillian resigned at hugely high TV ratings? Why should Duchvony and the boys profit from Anderson after what they did and what they continue to do? Does Gillian Anderson owe them anything under the circumstances? Since when is Nazi abuse rewarded?
David Duchvony Wanted X-Files Forever
David Duchvony and The Nazi Boys never wanted the X-Files to end. EVER! They had found a million dollar baby (Gillian Anderson.) Their career life was sealed with TV gold, not to mention all the potential movie venues. Yet, one that they couldn’t control and use to their own self-serving ends and unhindered abuse.
Regardless, in the six years -since 2002/03- of being blacklisted, slandered in the Nazi celebrity rags and being coerced, Gillian Anderson has refused to return to David Duchvony and the nazi boy’s ‘X-Files’ dreamland. Duchvonly and old Hollywood have been threatening an ‘X-Files 2′ movie quick cash cow from Gillian Anderson for six long years.
“I got tired of fighting it.” To date, that is the only statement Gillian Anderson has made regarding the question, ‘what can you tell us about the X-Files 2 movie?’
Gillian Anderson’s documented abuse and fight while at Fox studios helped to push through a new law protecting working actor-mothers. Now do you see all the women in Hollywood having babies? The only noted thing that David Duchvony and The Nazi Boys have done is to push through (coerced) the movie sequel ‘X-Files 2.’
March 21st, 2008 at 6:28 am
I’d like to comment upon the note above.
I’m shocked, insulted even hurt by it.
What’s the purpose of it?! And what makes this person think so?!
Of course, I DONT’T BELIEVE IT! And I can’t except it!
All I know for sure is that our dear Gillian Anderson is a really hard-working, generous, kind and sunny person, gentle and sensitive; a gifted and outstanding actress, with very rich inner world. She’s original, unique, individual. There’s something charming in her. No wonder she is loved all over the world, and in my country (Russia) as well…
But with the rest of “the information” I’m completely disagree!!!
I hope They won’t read it!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:08 am
This is addressed to Brovi:
So with all of the alleged abuse GA took while making this series, all the while allegedly hating it and the, “nazi boys” was it?, what do you think compelled her to return and make another movie?
Really Brovi, you’re full of more misinformation than George W. Bush.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:11 am
los ex-files son una cagada!!!
aguante el mate de te y los biscochitos de grasa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fede te amo!
lalala
April 19th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
o my goodness I am so happy and I am only 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2008 at 2:47 am
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