I’ve already seen the first episode of the return of “The X-Files.” And unlike some of the reviews, I was blown away. What a lot of viewers aren’t going to understand is that the writers behind the revival are taking shit to the ultimate – the biggest conspiracy of them all. I won’t ruin it for you, but I’m sold.
This is especially exciting to this “X-Files” fan because of how much I hated, no, despised the second movie.
Ironically tiled I Want to Believe, all I wanted was to believe there was more in the tank after that stinker. And if the shows returns proves anything, it’s that Chris Carter and company do.
Before FOX even greenlit the tenth season, Carter had already wrote a third film, he revealed to THR at the TCAs.
“I actually wrote a third movie, just because I was interested in the idea of where that might go,” said Carter, who then thought of repurposing the script for the series. “I let my wife read the third movie, and she said ‘I think not for television.’”
We all obviously want to see Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) back on the big screen, but there’s no good news here. Carter went on to explain that his interests are solely in television (right now), which means we can expect more seasons if the return fares well.
As for the movie, well, there’s a script. I expect talk of a feature to begin immediately after FOX cancels “The X-Files” for good, in which case we’ll see Netflix or Amazon jump in and save the day. Right? We can all predict the future at this point.