Is the truth still out there? At today’s FOX portion of the TCA Winter press tour, FOX chairman and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman confirmed that they’ve been having talks with Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, about reviving the series.
The show helped establish the network in its original run from 1993 until 2002. Also, The X-Files was produced by 20th Century Fox which Walden and Newman ran before moving to the network. If the project goes forward, they hope to have original stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their original roles.
Walden noted, “Gary and I both worked [at 20th] through the entire run of The X-Files. It was a great experience. We’ve maintained good relationships with Chris, David and Gillian. We’re very hopeful, but it’s hard. The actors are very busy. They have a lot going on. Chris has a lot on his plate, so it’s just trying to carve out the time.”
What do you think? Would you like to see The X-Files return to television as a limited or regular series? Would
NO! You can’t recapture the original feeling and the actors were pivotal to the success. I think remaking something as ground-breaking as the X-Files is the final nail in the coffin. I’m still trying to understand why a remake of Hawaii Five O was necessary.
Hello, it would be a revival not a remake… So Mulder and Scully would certainly at least appear in it. I would love a closure to the show, to see what happened in William’s life and how the alien invasion can be stopped…
I would LOVE it if the X Files came back ! It would be great to get the original stars, but if not, everything would depend on the chemistry between the two stars they picked for the leads….but yes, it was one of my favorite shows always ! It would really have to be done right and hopefully with the original directors etc…
It would be great to have the x-files back on tv. Bring back Dana & fox would be awesome. Hope it works out for everyone.
MAKE MY DAY! I still watch ‘re-runs. I agree they have gotten older BUT makeup and the GREAT ACTORS they are would carry it off and AWAY WE GO!
That would be great the see the X-Files revived. David Duchovny would be crazy not to take that opportunity for that role. I watched californication before. The shows OK but not that great. David would be taking a giant step foreword by going back to the X-files. What’s Gilligan Anderson up to now? I haven’t seen her doing much lately.
YES!!!!
OMG-Bring it back!
Please bring Scully and Mulder.. Watched the X-files over Thanksgiving 2014.
YES, regular series !!!!
X-Files returns along with 24 and what a season that would be!
If they do the show, they would have to come up with two young FBI agents or it would not work. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are just too old for their parts. The reins of the X-Files Department would have to be passed on with Duchovny and Anderson in administrative posts to offer assistance from time to time.
I would like to see Scully and Mulder come on as consulting parts while a new young duo were the main characters.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that Fox Mulder needs to be an Assistant Director of the FBI. You start the new series with Mulder reluctantly attending Assistant Director Skinner’s retirement party, only to discover that the FBI wants him to take Skinner’s place and resurrect the X-Files (and maybe even the Fringe) division(s). He will learn that the paranormal activities have totally gotten out of control and that he is the only one with any clue as to how to handle the problem. That way, Mulder can enlist Scully’s help and hire his own people.… Read more »
Awesome ideas!!! I have to agree wholeheartedly!
How about coming up with some new ideas instead of all these remakes of old shows. I guess creativity has left the entertainment industry.
I don’t think this will be a re-make. Sounds like it will be a continuation (like the new Twin Peaks series that was announced)…which is great news.
There’s nothing on TV compared to The X-Files right now and it’s boring, I need a good dark show with paranormal activities in it
YaY!!! I really hope this happens!
That would be really dope if it comes back. I used to watch it as a kid. =)
Great idea! I hope it pans out…….