Didn't they try to reboot it last year and it flopped?

FAIL.

Maybe the younger Mulder can be played by Shia Laboef?

Shit that could actually work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but hi could see him doing it perfectly or horribly.
hmmmmmmm decisions

"I’d also expect that any future pictures will work as stand-alone stories with little or no dependence on the show’s oil-and-bees mythology which, if we’re being honest, is a fading memory for most folk by now."

Are you on crack?

Stand alone story? That's exactly what they did for the last film. And it was a disaster.

Return to the mythology? That's exactly what they said they were going to do - go back to the show's mythology for the next film.

How much do you want to bet that they don't?

I bet you Mulder's porn collection that the next film is a return to mythology.

I wouldn't call it a disaster, per se.
It seemed to me that it was a fun little 2-parter for tv. Had all the classic hallmarks of X-files.
However, a little more epicness would be nice for the next one.

It was a disaster because they went with what was/is popular. Aliens are fun and all but over the last 12 years, the whole alien thing has died down. You know what is popular though? Pedophilia. It's so popular that people can have a Pedostache, Pedo Bear or Pedo Van. I'm not even making a joke, I really think that's why they came up with that story.

The alien thing has died down? Tell that to Indiana Jones!

I liked the last one just because I got to be reacquainted with characters I love. Too bad it was in a nightmarish reality where the story sucked donkey balls. I'm in for a reboot because that's the only way to recapture interest. I hope third marks the charm, because even thought Fight the Future is a million times superior to I Want to Believe, it still sucks.

How about Millennium? Fans have been hollering for a long time for some Lance Henriksen love. Nothing would have to reboot and change here, unless we're talking a new go at the series.

i thought they always were planning on doing a third film, since making the second. 2012 is when the characters learned the end of the X-files world was scheduled (like the mayan calendar), hence it being so far off and probably related somewhat to the mythology.

Just satisfyingly end the story! Is that so hard?! Just grab any chance you get and end it while you can!

That last X-Files movie was one of the worst films I've ever seen. I didn't think it was terrible because it was a stand-alone story (some of the best X-Files episodes are stand-alones) but because it was just a terrible movie with terrible characters, terrible dialogue and a terrible story. Don't get Carter, get Blomkamp.

YESSSSSSSSSSS!
Today I saw the both "Emily"-Episodes of Season 5 and I thought, they should pick the story up, they left behind in "I want to believe".
It would be needless to RECAST Mulder and Scully, the are in there best age!

The problem with the last movie was Chris Carter. I hate to say it, but he really lost touch with what made X-files great to begin with. David and Gillian did fine in their roles (particularly Dr. Scully and the boy), but the overall story was horrible. It would be a better idea to bring back a classic X-files MOW and make it big screen. Bottom line is that the show is still great. I'm watching S1 DVD and eps like ICE still hold up after all these years. I really want to see this series done right. I watched Fight the Future not long ago and I really enjoyed it, and for the first time it all made sense within the film. Maybe it's the whole "hindsight is 20/20"?

Sorry, I loved I Want to Believe. It was an adult film with serious themes that kept my friends and I talking for weeks. But I know that most of the casual fans think the show was about aliens, and were disappointed that it wasn't. The powers that be have always said that if there is a 3rd movie, it will be about the coming 2012 date/mythology. So, fans into aliens can rejoice. I'll just be happy to see David and Gillian working the Mulder and Scully magic again.

I still don't understand why they don't bring the series back to television.

Why not?

I, too, am in the minority who enjoyed 'I Want To Believe'. I saw it in a small theater which, to me, made it feel like I was watching one the old CBS late night movies. I probably got more out of the 'non alien' episodes more than anything as I felt dealing with the alien plot every week would water down the show. It is 'The X-files' not 'The Alien Files' people...Mulders overriding obsession with Aliens is because he was relentlessly searching for his sister but dealing with that week in and week out really would have made the show stale.

With the vampire/werewolf craze taking hold I wouldn't mind seeing Mulder and Scully trying to hunt down a werewolf. We got a little of that in Season 1's 'Shapes' and there consistently seemed to be at least one or two episodes a year that dealt with vampires.

Unless they are going to wrap up the alien story line for good they can stay away from it as long as they want.

IWTB was epic fail. very sad to see what was once a great franchise die such a boring, lackluster death.

This is the stupidist thing I've ever heard. Just when you think they can't f@#k up The X-Files any worse.

"I Want To Believe" was like Highlander II (and the rest of the series for that matter), you just pretend it never happened. Even as a TV episode, IWTB would be one of those you'd shrug your shoulders at. Carter doesn't have to regurgitate the "Mythology", but a third installment should at least be be about something supernatural/paranormal. Mad Russians cutting the heads off dogs just doesn't cut it in my book.

I've been an X-Files fan since the first episode. I LOVE Fight the Future, but was disappointed when I saw IWTB (although I thought it was better on DVD). I want to see one last, big, world-saving epic, where Mulder and Scully (and Doggett and Reyes) succeed in stopping alien colonization once and for all. After that, reboot away.

It just occurred to me that 2013 will be the 20th anniversary of the show, maybe they'll time the release of the new movie for then.

They need to just let this go.

Or all else, just do a TV movie.

Rebooting X-Files is just about all they have left. The last film was horrendous and there's a whole new generation who are clueless to the TV series.

I hope and pray that if they do a reboot, they replace David with Robert Patrick.. oh they have already done that?

In all honestly, I liked the last X-Files film, because it went in a direction that a lot of X-Files fans seemed to forget and that was religion. I thought it was a tad boring, but still good enough. I just want to see the Lone Gunmen. Those guys were sweet.

don't see the logic behind this considering the 2008 reboot only grossed $68 million worldwide?

It wouldn't upset me if they made another one. Fight the Future was an excellent movie. Entertaining, and tied in with the current season at the time. I'm interested to see how they would do another one, even thought I wasn't too intrigued by the 2nd film. Let's see if they could do it, Duchovny rocks. We got nothing to lose.

Good news if its not a reboot. 2 was underrated, yet i hope they could really nail it with one more go around. 2012 alien invasion storyline would be sweet.

I hated the last movie, mostly because it wasn't X-Files in spirit. The acting was good - no problem there, but it didn't have that wonderful feeling the series had, of being on the verge of discovering something that will radically change our view the world and ourselves. I don't think it matters whether it's about aliens or a 'freak of the week' (as they used to called them), it has to have that sense of mystery and something big at stake (preferably a radical idea rather than the ubiquitous 'world hangs in the balance' scenario).

interesting comment. I can see what you mean.
the second movie wasnt about mythology, it concentrated on the characters of Mulder and Scully. That was a very brave thing to do for Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz.
They knew that "I Want to Believe" probably would be the last XF movie. So instead of trying to solve the mystery that had accumulated over the years, and had gotten more and more complicated, they showed us "This is where Mulder and Scully are today". I think thats understandable.
The fear, I think, was that jumping right back into the mythology the general audience (plus non fans) wouldnt get it. Plus they only had the budget that Fox gave them, which certainly wasnt enough to deal with the 2012 scenario.

I dont agree with you on this: __"it wasn't X-Files in spirit".__
"I Want to Believe" held the key elements of The X-Files: HOPE, LOVE, FAITH ( and DOUBT).

__"that wonderful feeling the series had, of being on the verge of discovering something that will radically change our view the world and ourselves."___
<-- YES. I liked that about the series too. It is one element that makes the show so unique.
But you cant blame "I Want To Believe" of not being something it didnt claim to be: a mythology movie. It just wasnt. I see how people may have wished that it would have dealed with these philosophical elements.
Instead "I Want to believe" focused on personal issues of the characters. Thats why die-hard fans liked the movie. Because they care for those characters. And the writers wrote the movie because THEY care too.

I went to see "I Want To Believe" with my parents, who never watched the show. My dad thought it was exciting and thrilling, my mom really liked the Mulder-and-Scully theme/scenes.

I wasnt a fan of season 9 and all the mythology that was added. I felt with adding SUPER SOLDIERS to what was BLACK OIL and Alien rebels the mythology had so many "strings" if you will. Some randomly ended, new ones were added.
I BELIEVE though, that Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz can pull it off and bring all of those strings together. Thats really NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 20thCenturyFOX HAS TO SEE THAT. How could they produce the show and just let this run out without decent closure. It would be a shame.

I hope that XF3 happens and that it has the feeling of some CLASSIC Conspiracy movie like "Fight The Future" had: smokey rooms, men in suits keeping secrets from the general public, while Mulder and Scully try to turn things around, FIND THE TRUTH AND FIGHT IT.

Yawn, i was a big x-files fan back in the day, but there is no more juice to be squeezed from this series. Move on Chris Carter...let the series keep its dignity. But Chris, if you must put out another X-files movie put your ego aside and pay a top notch screenwriter to pen the script.

Reboot? Yes please!

Not another stand alone story. Thank you.

Ronald McDouchebag hands over his name to you sir, NO REBOOTS!!!!!

I wish Carter spent as much time lobbying for a fourth season of Millennium as he did pursuing XF2. Honestly, I'd prefer to see a standalone Millennium movie rather than an over-played X-Files movie with more unrealized sexual tension (yawwwn). Frank Black was bad-ass! Black could steal Mulder's sunflower seeds, kick his ass up and down the street, and be back to his computer before it booted up with an ouroboros on the screen.

Bees and oil - the magic X Files ingredients! I'd take Gillian Anderson over Megan Fox anyday!

Carter should keep Mulder & Scully and get busy on an X Files movie about 2012 & the Myans (don't leave us with Roland Emmerich's movie as the only option, please!!!).

Tie some Alien mythology into the story and it's a ready made X File. After all, stand alone or not, belief in aliens and UFOs are the whole point of The X Files - losing them would be like losing Mulder and Scully and who'd ever do that... ...Oh, wait a minute!!

I really liked the last film, more so than the one before it, so I'm glad they're thinking of doing another one... but rebooting it with new actors is insane. That will kill it. Look what happened to the original series when David left and TPTB tried to replace him- it killed the show. The last film really tanked at the BO because it opened against the Dark Knight. It had nothing to do with the leads getting too old. I say give this series another chance with David and Gillian.

„If Fox actually gives them some money and time to make a third movie, I can see it being a success. They gave them $30 million or thereabouts and about half a year to get from filming to release. They started filming in December and released it in July the next year. On that kind of budget??? Come on...“

„I'm sure this franchise needs a 3rd installment to actually find that perfect, well-received conclusion.“

i thought fox already rebooted x-files.
its called 'fringe'.

I hope it's a rumour about the three X-Files. being recasting because if it true in rebooting them. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny with other actors I wll not see the movie. I am a big fan of the X-files from the beginning. And I will not like to see new faces. I like Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny

No reboot. They should do the 2012 storyline.

This is a shit idea, DO NOT REBOOT, one of the main reasons for the X-files success was the chemistry these two have together, i'll never watch a reboot!

I think this talk about there being "no more juice" in the series, etc etc etc. is the same thing they said about Star Trek and look where that franchise is now.

Sure, IWTB wasn't that great (although being an X-Phile I have grown to appreciate it more on the small screen). But I think they could do a third where they recap with an epic prologue about the alien mythos from the first film and perhaps a little from the series and then finally showing us alien colonization (or the prevention of). That would be great. The show ended with 2012 being the year colonization is supposed to happen, so it only makes sense to make this movie.

I realize the mythology was complicated, but I sincerely believe it can be summed up either by a prologue or through dialogue throughout the movie. That, and not every single thread of the mythology has to be covered to make the alien colonization plot make sense.

If the film is given a better budget and is marketed better than the last film was, I think it could do well. Let's not forget also that the first film, the one that fans seem to like much better than IWTB, didn't do that well either.

As an X-Files fan, this is a plotline I personally want to see concluded.

As it stands today it's a tired franchise. Unless there is a significant reboot I can't see myself showing up for another Mulder and Scully movie.

Ugh. Reboot=NO EFFING WAY.

I'm not saying never, but it's way, way, way too soon.

I'd love to see another movie dealing with the 2012 colonization, but I just feel like at this point M and S are too old, DD and GA are too tired, and the glory that was the XF in its prime can never be recaptured.

Fox ran the series into the ground. Praise TPTB for not letting the same thing happen to LOST. But because the series ended without momentum, and because IWTB was a bit underwhelming, I don't really see another movie being worth it.

And that breaks my heart, because the XF was a huge part of my life and I love those characters.

The X-Files was a brilliant show that just worked in its time. I dont think today's audience are so interested in government conspiracy and aliens as they were in the 90's when special effects were new and big and the idea of government conspiracy wasnt documented all the time by Michael Moore. However, I think a full scale well portrayed creepy movie would still work with today Vampire/Harry Potter loving crowd. It would need to be a little different .. provided they dont recast Mulder and Scully otherwise sh*t would hit the fan!

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are The X Files. They are what maked the show work. Without them you get Fringe.

I want them to finish the damn story from the show! It feel incomplete