“X-Files” Movie Not Mythology
MyFoxAtlanta.com has some details on the upcoming X-FILES feature film, courtesy of franchise creator Chris Carter and writer Frank Spotnitz:
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 first X-FILES film, FIGHT THE FUTURE, did rely on the television show’s mythology, turning it basically into a somewhat more lavish two-hour episode of the series. Fans were pleased, but initiates were confused, and after a strong start the box office returns trailed off (although it did manage a respectable $83.89-million). Plans for a second film were ditched due to a lawsuit by Carter Against Fox Network over syndication profits.
The new film, which will be directed by Carter, is scheduled for July 25.
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 title appears to be the subject of some controversy. Says Carter:
“I know what I want it to be, but Fox has some ideas of their own.”
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