US Network Fox has confirmed they are rebooting the spooky 90s TV show for a six part series, as a one-off special event, thirteen years after the original series run concluded.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will both return to the roles that made them stars, to terrify a whole new generation of kids staying up past their bedtime as they investigate paranormal phenomena.
Fox says that it will be “a thrilling, six-episode event series which will be helmed by creator/executive producer Chris Carter.”
Chris of course was the creator of the initial show. “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” he said of the show’s long hiatus.
“The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”
Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group said: “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 – yet remained a true gem for the legions of fans who embraced it from the beginning. 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.”
David and Gillian were first propelled to fame on the show and have since gone on to great acclaim in their own separate projects. David, 50, is perhaps best known for his role as serial fornicator on Californication while Gillian, 46, has gained immense popularity in the UK for her role as DSI Stella Gibson in murder-mystery drama The Fall.
With X-Files fans often just as keen as Mulder and Scully to find out if the truth is indeed out there, hopefully they won’t have to wait long with production on the new series kicking off mid-2015!
