“The X-Files” creator Chris Carter gave out a little information about the next film in the franchise at the recent William S. Paley Television Festival held yesterday in LA.
Also on hand was the film’s co-writer/creator Frank Spotnitz. Both men stated that, most important to fans of the series, that even though this would be an, as-yet-untitled, stand alone movie, it will follow closely established canon and mythos set in the television show’s nine year history.
Other bits of news is moviegoers will finally learn the fate of baby William, the son of Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson). If you can remember back that far, William was secretly given up for adoption in the television show’s final season in order to keep it safe from those who would wish to exploit the child for nefarious means.
Spotnitz revealed that the film will continue the story of Mulder and Scully six years after the events in the show’s 2002 finale.
“In the movie, we wanted it to work for non-fans as well as fans,” Spotnitz said. “But we were determined for the fans to honor all the work that these guys did on the series and all the love that people had for the show over the years. And so I think you’ll see that, while this not a mythology movie, it’s true to everything that’s come before. It’s true to Mulder and Scully, who they are, where they would be at this point in their lives and all of the experiences that they’ve had.”
“It’s the story we wanted to do,” Carter added. “We went to the length of working out the story [a while back]. And then there was this lawsuit that got in the way. And years went by. … [Then] I got a call from my lawyers — ‘The lawsuit’s been resolved.’ ‘Great!’ And then the phone is ringing. Fox is like, ‘Let’s make a movie!’ ‘Great!'”
“And it was the best thing that could have happened,” Carter said. “Because I think that the story that we came up with now, the movie we just did, is superior to the story that we had [created back then]. And it made us work harder.”
One other item of interest brought up at the panel was Carter’s revelation that he is seriously considering a big screen feature about his other highly popular television series, “Millennium,” which starred fan favorite Lance Henriksen.
“We’ve talked about that over the years,” Carter said. “Lance would love to do it. I don’t know if it would ever get done. It’s a long shot. It would be fun. I have ideas about how to do it.”
The next X-Files movie is set to open in theaters on July 25, 2008.
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