One topic raised more than once is the fact that while 2016 is a very
different world than the 1990s heyday of the original series, thanks to the Internet public forums for people to talk about conspiracies, while some such theories have become mainstream political topics.
“The
’90s were great, there’s still for me a sort of residual paranoia that
came out of my young adulthood,” Carter said. But, he continued, “we’re
living in a time now when there’s a tremendous amount of distrust for
the government, even the media. This is a really good time” for X-Files to return.
Anderson and Duchovny talked about their relationship with the series that made them famous, and how it affected their lives after the series ended. Both of them admitted it took some time to come to embrace it.
“I think it took a good decade for me to start thinking of it as the gift that it was,” Anderson said, and Duchovny expressed similar thoughts: “It acted as a spur to me to go out and actually do more work, to keep expanding myself as an artist or whatever I am.”
Carter revealed to reporters that we might be getting more than one season of the X-Files revival, saying “I’m waiting for Fox to come back and say ‘We want more of these.’”
The potential for more seasons was later addressed during an
executive panel, in which Gary Newman, Chairman and CEO of Fox
Television Group, said “We would be on board if schedules work out.”
While admitting that the second movie was a misstep (“small movie about faith, released in the middle of summer tentpole movies”), Carter addressed the long-discussed 3rd X-Files
movie: “There was talk of doing a third movie and it was casual talk.
So I wrote a third movie because I was interested to see where it would
go.” “If there is a third movie it’s got to be a gigantic movie.”
Full stories can be found here:
Deadline - ‘The X Files’ Cast & Creator On Show’s Legacy And Potential Future Seasons – TCA
Yahoo News - Duchovny, Anderson learn to love their 'X-Files' characters
The Guardian - Chris Carter on bringing back The X-Files: 'This show has more life to it'
The Mary Sue - Fox and Chris Carter Says More New Seasons of The X-Files Could Be Heading Our Way
Entertainment Weekly - X-Files creator admits second movie was a misstep
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