X-Files creator Chris Carter attended the
launch, held in Cannes, France, and said that returning to the show,
which went off the air in 2002, felt “surreal.” He added that it was “a
dream come true” to bring back FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,
played by original stars.
The new series of The X-Files has been partly prompted by recent exposés about government snooping, according to the show’s creator, Chris Carter. “It’s a perfect time to come back with the X-Files considering global
politics,” said Carter, who was speaking in Cannes shortly after the
first episode of the new series had premiered.
“We’re trying to be honest with the changes dealing with digital
technology: the capability of spying. Clearly we’re being spied on in
the US – or at least spying on you – and there seems to be no shame in
it. “I've been doing this for a little over a third of my life, so it's
obviously very important for me, so I jumped at the chance to do it,”
said Carter.
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The audience packed into Cannes' Grand Auditorium broke out in
spontaneous applause multiple times — including when Duchovny and
Anderson first appeared — and the crowd whooped and cheered as the
closing credits rolled. But perhaps the biggest applause came earlier,
when the opening credits — with The X-Files' trademark intro music — hit the screen.
In a treat for X-Files' traditionalists, Carter has kept the
series' original opening credits exactly as they were when the show
first aired back in 1993. “We thought about doing some changes to the original credits, but
then it seemed like like sacrilege,” said Carter. “Those credits were on
202 episodes. They belong on these next six.”
He is already planning for the future. “For the future of The X-Files, if we are to come back, I think you’ll
see us come back with these mini-series, if you will. Special events,”
he said.
More on: The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter
Addition: Speaking of potential new episodes, Matrick Munn (editor in chief, TV Wise) twitted that The X Files "may continue". Fox network will wait for ratings before green light is given. After that, there is a possibility for 10-13 episodes in 2017.
Addition: Speaking of potential new episodes, Matrick Munn (editor in chief, TV Wise) twitted that The X Files "may continue". Fox network will wait for ratings before green light is given. After that, there is a possibility for 10-13 episodes in 2017.
Video: Reactions after premiere