Fox’s upcoming X-Files revival doubles as a backdoor pilot for a possible new series starring The Flash‘s Robbie Amell and Six Feet Under‘s Lauren Ambrose. The rumor has it the idea to potentially spin off Miller and Einstein, the new alien-hunting FBI agents played by Amell and Ambrose in the forthcoming continuation, was bandied about.
When talked to series creator Chris Carter last month at New York
Comic-Con, he didn’t deny that the potential for a new,
Amell-and-Ambrose-fronted series was out there. But he didn’t confirm it
either. Instead, he noted that the pair’s X-Files contracts do
not contain “a series deal beyond” the six-episode revival, adding,
“People can speculate, but [their pacts] weren’t negotiated that way.”
Asked if the thought of an Amell/Ambrose X-Files offshoot ever
crossed his mind, Carter replied, “Right now I’m focused on doing the
show with David [Duchovny] and Gillian [Anderson].”