"X Files 2" Shoot In December!

[Jaguar]

According to Moviehole (http://www.moviehole.net/news/5144.html):




Talking to Australia's Empire magazine, Duchovny confirmed that the second "X Files" movie looks set to shoot in December.


"We're all happy to do it. Gillian and I. Chris Carter. So it's just a matter of getting everybody in the same spot. I think we'll shoot it next winter, in December".


Duchovny says the plan is to make the film a stand-alone supernatural thriller.


"There's an idea in place. Chris won't show it to anybody. I think what's important in looking to do the show in a movie form is that it's accessible. The first one was conspiracy-orientated, alien-orientated, and I think that alienated some people. They were like, 'I don't know the show, I can't watch it.' I think if you go at it as a supernatural thriller, then it can stand alone, on it's own. Something like The Forgotten as very much like an X-File and you don't need to know anything before going in. Then I think it's more welcoming, so it's not only for the fans but for new people who might not know the show".





There is joy running through me.

[Lord Dalek]

I hope The X-Files finds the same success as Star Trek in this field.

Despite how bloated Fight the Future felt.

[Czar Gato]

Yay, more X-Files goodness! I hope this one turns out good.

[Conekiller]

So this is basically a stand-alone, gloirifed TV epsiode?

I'm game!

[Fone Bone]

The X-Files was kind of ruined for me by someone else, but if I DO see the movie I hope they tie up some stuff from the final episode like what happened to Skinner. I wouldn't mind Doggett and Annabeth Gish's character cameoing either but I hope they don't have major roles.

Like I said I'm not into The X-Files anymore but I hope it's better than the last episode.

[DarT]

I'm just glad to see that such a great series wasn't left to rot. :D

[Failure]

Awesome! Although if they pretend like the serious never happened and that Mulder & Scully aren't on the run, I'll be a little ticked. Of course you dont want to alienate people, but at the same time the show went on for 9 years. They better not make all that moot.

[Temple Fugate]

They'll probably pull a Cowboy Bebop and set the movie in the time frame of one of the seasons, like around season 6 or 7, before Mulder got abducted. That's the easiest way to go if they're really looking to grab an audience that hasn't seen the show. I'd be perfectly fine with that. The series finale satisfied me and I don't care to know what happened after that.

[DarkAngel]

Like I said I'm not into The X-Files anymore but I hope it's better than the last episode.I was completely turned off by the last season and am basically done with X-Files. I watched for years only to see main storyline become a convoluted mess and absolutely no attempt by Chris Carter to provide a conclusion. That's crap. If he wanted to do movies, fine. But the series shouldn't have been left hanging.

For a time, X-Files was right with DS9 at the very top of my list of favorite shows ever. Not any more. Not even close. This news of a movie is coming far too late to change things for me, no matter how good it turns out.

[Wounded_Dragon]

A stand-alone supernatural episode. Glad I know now, I'll avoid this like the plague that the X-Files eventually degenerated into.

[Failure]

A stand-alone supernatural episode. Glad I know now, I'll avoid this like the plague that the X-Files eventually degenerated into.

So you'd rather have them pick up the vestiges of a conspiratorial plotline that turned into shambles by the end?

I used to love the conspiracy arc episodes, I thought they were the best part of the show. But round the time Mulder sort of left, it all totally collapsed. I mean absolute dissolution. I don't know if they ran out of ideas, or if Mulder leaving totally threw them for a shock. I do remember they kept getting renewed on a year by year basis. I don't think they meant for the show to go past 6 or 7 seasons.

[Wounded_Dragon]

So you'd rather have them pick up the vestiges of a conspiratorial plotline that turned into shambles by the end?
Yes. Carter owes fans of the show a good resolution (as well as a big fat apology). Unfortunately, I doubt the hack even knows how he wanted it to end.

[Sparticus]

Um, W00T!!! I was just pondering this with a friend the other night too. :zim:

I HATED how they ended the show. If only we could declare season 9 non cannon...

[Fone Bone]

I was completely turned off by the last season and am basically done with X-Files. I watched for years only to see main storyline become a convoluted mess and absolutely no attempt by Chris Carter to provide a conclusion. That's crap. If he wanted to do movies, fine. But the series shouldn't have been left hanging.

For a time, X-Files was right with DS9 at the very top of my list of favorite shows ever. Not any more. Not even close. This news of a movie is coming far too late to change things for me, no matter how good it turns out.These are pretty much my sentiments about the series. Like Roseanne it's last couple of years turned me off the show so much that I can't even watch reruns of the show in it's good years.






Yes. Carter owes fans of the show a good resolution (as well as a big fat apology). Unfortunately, I doubt the hack even knows how he wanted it to end.

I'll agree with the first sentiment and even more so on the second. It was pure hubris to reveal in the final episode that the alien invasion they had been building up for nine years would take place TWELVE YEARS FROM NOW.:mad:

[Jaguar]

I think the movie will be fine as long as they keep Doggett far, far, far, far away.

[Crow]

I know it can't happen but Anderson should keep the english accent she's developed. She is much more sexy with it.

I have only read about the happenings of the final series of the show, I think it will be good to have the second movie as a standalone story. Dogget and Reyes should be in it a lot, I quite liked them.

Chris Carter started to run the show's main storyline into the ground once he started to make William B Davis' character and his entire family a central pillar of the conspiracy. Around the time they made so much of Jeffrey Spender, then (at the time) killed him off I began to think maybe the show was starting to collapse under its own weight. Cassandra as well and her whole role in the scheme was laughable.

It was great having Davis/Spender Snr/CSM/whatever cheat moniker they gave him as this all-knowing foil/nemesis for Mulder; but they started to saddle the character with running the entire colonisation plot.

Hopefully the movie does give a little bit in the way of the grand mythology of the show but I for one am glad there isn't going to be any mysterious old farts in suits telling people there are no aliens and then how it will be grand when the aliens take over.

[Clayface]

I think the movie will be fine as long as they keep Doggett far, far, far, far away.

Gah!

*smacks you up side the head*

I love Doggett! Far more than I ever did Mulder, in fact. If they're going to continue the X-Files in movies, I'd prefer they dump the stiff Duchovny all together, and just feature Doggett.

Not sure I'm terribly excited about this new movie. My interest in X-Files has definitely waned, and I didn't think the show translated all that well to the big screen. But, I'll probably end up checking it out when it's released, just to see what it's like.

[Spastic Minnow]

These are pretty much my sentiments about the series. Like Roseanne it's last couple of years turned me off the show so much that I can't even watch reruns of the show in it's good years.

I'll agree with the first sentiment and even more so on the second. It was pure hubris to reveal in the final episode that the alien invasion they had been building up for nine years would take place TWELVE YEARS FROM NOW.:mad:
The date, December 23 (or was it 21), 2012, does have special significance though. I can't remember if they touched on it at all in the show but it's the final day of the Mayan Long-count calandar but no one knows why.

...It also provides a long stretch of time for a series of X-files movies. ;)

[Czar Gato]

Gah!

*smacks you up side the head*

I love Doggett! Far more than I ever did Mulder, in fact. If they're going to continue the X-Files in movies, I'd prefer they dump the stiff Duchovny all together, and just feature Doggett.

Not sure I'm terribly excited about this new movie. My interest in X-Files has definitely waned, and I didn't think the show translated all that well to the big screen. But, I'll probably end up checking it out when it's released, just to see what it's like. I liked Doggett, too. He reminds me of my dad for some reason. I wouldn't mind seeing him in the movie, even in a small role.

[James]

Gah!

*smacks you up side the head*

I love Doggett! Far more than I ever did Mulder, in fact. If they're going to continue the X-Files in movies, I'd prefer they dump the stiff Duchovny all together, and just feature Doggett.

Not sure I'm terribly excited about this new movie. My interest in X-Files has definitely waned, and I didn't think the show translated all that well to the big screen. But, I'll probably end up checking it out when it's released, just to see what it's like.
Same here so far as Doggett. Loved him. I seem to love very authoritarian conservative heroes (Sheridan.. Doggett..) despite being a Blighty liberal. I prefered him to Mulder too.

I loved Fight The Future - although I also enjoyed the conspiracy arc in the series. I just liked the pacing of that movie and felt - even as a non X-Files fan as I pretty much was - it was a solid and well constructed film.

While I think it would be better to pander to mainstream rather than the fans, a good writer will be able to shift some loose ends with a few good scripted lines.

[Jaguar]

Gah!

*smacks you up side the head*

I love Doggett! Far more than I ever did Mulder, in fact. If they're going to continue the X-Files in movies, I'd prefer they dump the stiff Duchovny all together, and just feature Doggett.
Ow! *rubs side of head* :ack:

Well, it seems that I have angered quite a few Doggett fans out there. The main reason is due to the fact that after Doggett replaced Mulder, it caused Scully, in essence, to become Mulder, therefore turning Doggett into Scully. As Reyes came along I started to like Doggett a little more, but still I just prefer Mulder. And don't get me wrong, Robert Patrick is great, and I'm sure he did the best with the lines he got, but the show itself just seemed...off. So anyway it's just a matter of personal opinion. :sweat:

[James]

Ow! *rubs side of head* :ack:

Well, it seems that I have angered quite a few Doggett fans out there. The main reason is due to the fact that after Doggett replaced Mulder, it caused Scully, in essence, to become Mulder, therefore turning Doggett into Scully. As Reyes came along I started to like Doggett a little more, but still I just prefer Mulder. And don't get me wrong, Robert Patrick is great, and I'm sure he did the best with the lines he got, but the show itself just seemed...off. So anyway it's just a matter of personal opinion. :sweat:
Funny that, as I really disliked Reyes. She didn't work for me at all. I didn't mind the move in Scully as it gave something different for Anderson and brought her character to a new level. I wasn't overly fond on her Mulder romance, but I can sort of understand after 7 years of being in near death experiences how you would warm to your partner in such a way...

But yeah, Reyes just felt show formulated in her role. I suppose she was necessary as Anderson wanted more time away, but she never really gelled for me - IMO.

[Fone Bone]

The date, December 23 (or was it 21), 2012, does have special significance though. I can't remember if they touched on it at all in the show but it's the final day of the Mayan Long-count calandar but no one knows why.

...It also provides a long stretch of time for a series of X-files movies. ;)I know the significance, it just pissed me off. Besides, when Carter wrote it he had NO way of knowing if the movies would be a successful series or not. If this movie tanks BAM! that's the end of The X-Files. It would have been nice if he rewarded the loyal fans of the series with some actual closure instead of empty promises. We'd been getting those since the pilot.

Put me in the "liked Dogget" camp. He was a cool character. Unfortunately by the time he arrived the show had become a complete mess with unsatisfactory cliffhangers and no follow-up. I was pissed beyond belief that they had Mulder and Scully kiss on his last episode--knowing that David Duchovny wouldn't be returning. They set up this baby being his and he disappears without explaination the next episode.:mad:

Don't even get me started with going through all that trouble with the baby plot just to have Scully give it up for adoption.:rolleyes:

[cross blues]

A stand-alone supernatural episode. Glad I know now, I'll avoid this like the plague that the X-Files eventually degenerated into.
this will be another "supernatural thriller" to add to the trash heap, along with the many other movies to flood the box office due to this trend. if they think slapping X-Files on it is gonna make people spend money to watch, they've got another thing coming. then again... a lot of you here seem excited about it. don't get your hopes up. if the story is written so as not to alienate anyone, that probably means that you could take your dog along and he'd understand the plot too.

[James]

this will be another "supernatural thriller" to add to the trash heap, along with the many other movies to flood the box office due to this trend. if they think slapping X-Files on it is gonna make people spend money to watch, they've got another thing coming. then again... a lot of you here seem excited about it. don't get your hopes up. if the story is written so as not to alienate anyone, that probably means that you could take your dog along and he'd understand the plot too.
Yep, I have a similar concern. Personally I found the Conspiracy plotted stories far more interesting. The humourous and tongue in cheek tales in the latter seasons were cool too. However, I always found the standalone stories woefully predictable.

I hope that we can have something deep and layered like "Fight The Future" which can stand alone without being series referential.. but I too have a feeling it will just come out as a B rate horror/thriller flick.

[Wounded_Dragon]

this will be another "supernatural thriller" to add to the trash heap, along with the many other movies to flood the box office due to this trend. if they think slapping X-Files on it is gonna make people spend money to watch, they've got another thing coming. then again... a lot of you here seem excited about it. don't get your hopes up. if the story is written so as not to alienate anyone, that probably means that you could take your dog along and he'd understand the plot too.
Put even simpler: Two FBI agents investigate a supernatural occurence. How is that original? At all? What will make it unique? Even a little unique?

The conspiracy plots were X-Files' hook and meat. The supernatural stuff was just filler most of the time. Of course, Carter was too blind to even think of linking the supernatural stuff to the conspiracy stuff most of the time. Aliens vs. tribes of Yeti!

:mad: Just makes me mad that Carter isn't considered a complete hack by one and all. It looked like he was going to make his show into something more than a bunch of cliches, but instead, he heaped more cliches on top of those and plugged the holes that popped up with even more cliches.

[Master Moron]

Don't even get me started with going through all that trouble with the baby plot just to have Scully give it up for adoption.:rolleyes:

I thought the baby plot was just invented to explain why Gillian Anderson was pregnant. I remember the first time she was pregnant they invented the whole "scully gets abducted" plot to explain it.

Anyway, I used to be a fan of X-Files, but whenever I see a rerun of it I can't believe I used to like it. It just seems so boring and slow paced now.

[Sheamon]

I thought the baby plot was just invented to explain why Gillian Anderson was pregnant. I remember the first time she was pregnant they invented the whole "scully gets abducted" plot to explain it.

Anyway, I used to be a fan of X-Files, but whenever I see a rerun of it I can't believe I used to like it. It just seems so boring and slow paced now.
Actually Anderson was only pregnant in late season 1/early season 2, which resulted in the myth arc getting started in the first place (Scully's abduction, Cancer Man becoming an important part of the plot, the introductions of Skinner and Krycheck were all a result of that). When Scully got pregnant Anderson wasn't. They made her pregnant to get ratings. With Mulder gone they needed some way to keep fans around. So they made Scully pregnant with Mulder's child (even though they didn't officially admit that for a while, everyone knew it). The result? The storyline completely collapsed. Instead of focusing on interesting parts of the plot like the alien invasion or Samantha Mulder (whose storyline was completely destroyed in the worst episode of the series shortly before Duchovny left the show at the end of season 7), they focused it all on the baby. And of course the ultimate fate of the baby was Scully giving it away in yet another moronic example of writing. That baby really was the death of the show, its quite unfortunate.

I'd love for there to be another movie, but they really should use it to give TXF a proper conclusion and wrap up Samantha Mulder and other plots correctly. I think the movie's gonna bomb if its just another MOTW show. We've got well over a hundred of those to watch.