`X-Files' creator spills some details about movie
LOS ANGELES (AP) -March 27, 2008 "X-Files" creator Chris Carter, writer Frank Spotnitz and
other crew members gathered Wednesday to discuss the TV series -
and declassify some information about the upcoming film.
The popular Fox paranormal drama, which aired from 1993 to 2002,
starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully
"While this is not a mythology movie, it's true to everything
that's come before," Spotnitz said at the William S. Paley
Television Festival. "It's true to Mulder and Scully, who they are
and where they would be this point in their lives and all of the
experiences that they've had."
The series first made the leap to the big screen with 1998's
"The X-Files: Fight the Future." Plans for another film were
grounded in 2005 when Carter sued Fox over syndication profits for
the show. The lawsuit was later settled.
Carter, who also directs the new movie, said it takes place in
the present and uses a story envisioned when the series ended.
While the show's sprawling alien mythology isn't part of the plot,
Carter said there is a reference to Scully's seemingly supernatural
son, William, who was born in season eight and later given up for
adoption.
The film is due out July 25.
Carter was tightlipped about the title.
"I can't tell you," he said. "I know what I want it to be,
but Fox has some ideas of their own."