UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WILL 'THE X-FILES' RETURN?

Just the two of us? Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) take on a worldwide conspiracy in the iconic THE X-FILES. Image: FOX.

The evil and intimidating Cancer Man's predictions of an end of the world alien attack on planet Earth on December 21st, 2012 will surely and sadly fail to materialise on cinema multiplex screens any time soon, but those champions of the truth who fought against him so valiantly for nine seasons, determined ex-FBI agents Agents Fox Mulder and his lovely partner Dana Scully, might possibly and hopefully return in the not too distant future for another big-screen adventure into the heart of the unknown. After a few years way from playing their respective and iconic roles, and with the sad failure of the last THE X-FILES movie, the very under-rated I Want to Believe, which many thought was too low budget and too intimately small scale to be released as a summer tent-pole movie for the blockbuster period (where so many Hollywood films face off for box office receipts and glory), lead stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson-both of whom currently have fine careers flitting between film and TV- have on a personal and professional level understandably begun to miss playing the characters they brought to life so well under the aegis of series creator Chris Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz (whose new work on the BBC ONE action/thriller series HUNTED, starring Melissa George (and the next evolutionary step up from the popular SPOOKS), will make its premiere soon).

And we miss them, too! M and S's first big screen appearance in FIGHT THE FUTURE proved a big success worldwide, and showed tremendous future potential to take the series in bigger, bolder directions for drama, horror and action set-pieces. So much so that it may have been a mistake to have continued the series on the small screen beyond its sixth year, in the light of such a positive and solid response to their cinematic debut. Considering such past creative accomplishments in its TV life cycle and a worldwide fan base that could be reactivated, alongside the right kind of storytelling taking it in to the next decade, it's easy to see why the shows loyal crew in front of and behind the camera are enthusiastic and willing to return and continue the dangerous game that is fighting the menace of the contagious Black Oil-whose alien infections and influence during early prehistoric history on Earth would launch the key aspects of the series mythology and help X truly mark the spot!

All its needs now is some faith and commitment from FOX, and some executive suits who realise there's plenty of life left in the format and its characters.

Over to you...


All of THE X-FILES- it's movies and the spin-off THE LONE GUNMEN, plus the separate Chris Carter created MILLENNIUM- are available on DVD.