Between 1993 and 2002, The X-Files was a veritable cultural phenomenon. The paranormal drama logged 202 episodes over its nine seasons, five seasons of which were shot right here in the 604 before production moved down to Los Angeles.
“It was weird to leave Vancouver in the first place, because it was like taking your all-star team and saying, okay, now we’re going to start fresh someplace else,” says Carter in a recent phone interview. “The good and the bad of that is that we had to leave Vancouver, and going to Los Angeles and filming the last four years in Los Angeles, it opened up a whole new range of storytelling possibilities for us. That said, coming back to Vancouver, we’re coming back to a place that was so perfectly suited for telling a show that took place, because it was an FBI show, anywhere in America, and Vancouver doubles for almost everywhere in America.
So what should viewers expect as far as story? Fans will have to be patient; Carter isn’t dishing out any spoilers.
“You will get a combination of what I think the show did best, which is to mix the mythology stories with the standalone episodes,” says Carter. “The people who are coming back to work on the creative side, meaning the writers and the directors, are people who did some of the best work in both of those respects.”
An airdate has yet to be announced for the event series, but some reports have it as late 2015 or early 2016.
In the meantime, Carter is knee-deep in pre-production, and will appear at VIFF Industry’s celebration of National Canadian Film Day at Vancity Theatre on April 29.
Westender
“It was weird to leave Vancouver in the first place, because it was like taking your all-star team and saying, okay, now we’re going to start fresh someplace else,” says Carter in a recent phone interview. “The good and the bad of that is that we had to leave Vancouver, and going to Los Angeles and filming the last four years in Los Angeles, it opened up a whole new range of storytelling possibilities for us. That said, coming back to Vancouver, we’re coming back to a place that was so perfectly suited for telling a show that took place, because it was an FBI show, anywhere in America, and Vancouver doubles for almost everywhere in America.
So what should viewers expect as far as story? Fans will have to be patient; Carter isn’t dishing out any spoilers.
“You will get a combination of what I think the show did best, which is to mix the mythology stories with the standalone episodes,” says Carter. “The people who are coming back to work on the creative side, meaning the writers and the directors, are people who did some of the best work in both of those respects.”
An airdate has yet to be announced for the event series, but some reports have it as late 2015 or early 2016.
In the meantime, Carter is knee-deep in pre-production, and will appear at VIFF Industry’s celebration of National Canadian Film Day at Vancity Theatre on April 29.
Westender