For all of the fans who wanted to believe Mulder and Scully would make a comeback, it apparently worked. Fox recently unveiled the return of The X-Files 13 years after the series finale and seven years following the latest X-Files movie and now, a cryptic teaser clip has been uncovered. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will come together yet again as Dana Scully and Fox Muldur for a limited series of six episodes.
Following a 41 second trailer, production will commence this summer for the anticipated miniseries with an official premier date to follow, notes the Hollywood Reporter. "I think of it as a 13-year commercial break," executive producer and series creator Chris Carter, said in a statement. "The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories."
"We had the privilege of working with Chris on all nine seasons of The X-Files - one of the most rewarding creative experiences of our careers - and we couldn't be more excited to explore that incredible world with him again," Fox TV chairmen and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman said in a separate statement. "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."
Duchovny told Rolling Stone last year that he still harbored faith for some sort of X-Files revival, concerning a follow-up to 2008's The X-Files: I Want to Believe. "I would always want to do it," he said. "I wish we'd done more already. I wish the second one did better business. I think it did OK business, but not the kind of business where you get to do another one right away."
A large portion of getting any reboot to function correctly is corralling original cast members. "Chris has got a new show," he said, referring to Carter's Amazon pilot, The After, which has since been cancelled. "Gillian's working. I'm working. It's not impossible, but it's not easy. And I never think it's done. I'd say, it's never done until one of us dies - until one of us three is gone."
In the meantime, Duchovny has kept busy dabbling in another side of entertainment-becoming a singer. He recently crafted his own album titled, Hell or Highwater after being inspired by a Bob Dylan Superbowl advertisement.
