Unless July’s X Files sequel (still untitled) ends up being the franchise’s equivalent to Waxwork, I’d say the following photo contains a detrimental spoiler. If /Film was the government or Matt Drudge, we might unleash the sirens and Code Red alerts right now. Am I glad I saw them? Not really. Actually, no way! Are they cool? Sure, but I have a distinct “is that it?” comedown. JoBlo had one helluva spy who snapped some photos from the set. As for the photo below, that’s the film’s director and franchise creator, Chris Carter, on the right in blue. As for what’s on the left, if you head for the jump you’ll have no further questions.
Source Link: JoBlo
It would appear that Agents Mulder and Scully will be facing a man wearing a werewolf bust. Now that you’ve seen it, how bummed or stoked or bumstoked are ya?
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
hope they were released to throw us off the trail
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
So, are Mulder and Scully officially Abbot and Costello now?
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Jeez, over analyzing, much?
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
How is this a spoiler? There is no context at all as far as the story (whatever it is) relates to that wolf (wolfman?) head.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
The man isn’t wearing that bust, he’s just behind it fixing it up I think. It’s on some electronic device. If you crop the photo to edit the other stuff out it looks pretty awesome. Given the right lighting and camera work it could look awesome.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
@Justin
It was a joke.
@Craig
Maybe if it’s just, I dunno, part of a random werewolf dream in the film then it’s not a spoiler. I guess Mulder & Scully can always have a random werewolf nightmare in the film and end up going off on one of their investigations into the woods and it turns out that it was Frankenstein all along. What are the odds of that? To me, it’s a spoiler until proven otherwise.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:06 am
I’ve heard Chris Carter say that X-Files II will definitely not be about UFO’s and aliens. I hope it isn’t about a werewolf. I was hoping it would be about a viral outbreak or whatever.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
I’m gonna stand in my faith of Carter & co. we all know that when they put their minds to it, they can tell a story with the best in the biz. Besides, Duchoveny, Anderson - hell all of em - wouldn’t come back after all this time with a shitty script. I’m there opening night, even if I gotta pack silver bullets!
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
Yeah, this totally feels like a photo that was deliberately leaked to get people talking about the movie. I’m going to predict that the werewolf bust IS in the movie somewhere, but that the movie is not about werewolves.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Didn’t they already fight werewolves/skinwalkers in an episode? Don’t know if I’d pay $12 to see that one extended into a feature film. Unless their were a helluva lot wolfy’s, but that’s not really the x-file style.
May just go the torrent route in July and put a ticket price towards the dvd.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Looks ridiculous actually. Why would they use a costumed werewolf instead of CGI-ing the brute? Misleading info? Leaked on purpose? Probably.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I am still stoked. I used to love The X-Files. I remember when they used to film around where I live. I got Duchovny’s autograph when they were filming in the park right across the street from my house.
February 4th, 2008 at 5:07 am
whatever people! im a sci-fi geek and i love the x files… im so excited about the movie
February 6th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
i hope to god they don’t sink that low on the ‘mow’ scale. it would be such a disappointment if they did something cheesy, considering the way they ended the series. If we’re getting a one-shot, i hope its at least intelligent and serious.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I don’t care what they do. I’ll just be glad to see ‘em back on the screen.
And who sez he’s a werewolf? Mebbe he’s just a particularly hairy man of Armenian or Greek descent who’s a bit cheesed at Chris for having the cheek to handle his fangs…
April 27th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I can’t really see them going that far in the cheesy-thriller direction, but you never know. Also, You’d think that if this was a real photo there would be some others in a series leaked right along side.
Anyone see the Worldcon carpet interview where they asked David and Gillian about this pic? Gillian acts coy and David comes over and gasps, mutters “that’s Chris”. Ah Well, I do hope it’s a bit serious and respectable though, I hope they take their time, and do this well, i am so so very excited.