After months of rumors, an eleventh season of The X-Files is
within sight. TVWise's sources said that Fox execs are targeting a
“more traditional” episode order for the new season and that the
official green-light is expected from the network “within weeks”.
Sources are reluctant to say much of anything either on the record or
on background, but after convincing Chris
Carter, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to sign on for a thirteen
episode eleventh season, Fox senior executives, led by Dana Walden, have
settled on an order in the range of 8-10 episodes. Additional sources are now saying the order will be for ten episodes.
Just as it was the last go around, the biggest hurdle has been
scheduling, with finding an opening in the work schedule of the always
busy Gillian Anderson being a key issue. That has been all but resolved
and, while there are still some key deal points, all three are set to return for the new
season, which is eyeing for a Spring/Mid-2017 production start in
Vancouver. Sources also tell TVWise that Fox is eyeing the new season
for a key slot on their 2017 Fall schedule.
Once the official pick-up comes down, talks will then begin with
other key players who are deemed vital for the new season. That includes
Glen Morgan, who wrote and executive produced season ten, and Mitch
Pileggi who plays Mulder and Scully’s erstwhile boss, FBI Assistant
Director Walter Skinner. Chris Carter will once again serve as lead
writer, executive producer and showrunner. There is no word on who
Carter is looking at to staff the writers room for these new episodes,
which will have to pick up from the cliffhanger ending of season ten.
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However, this update was marked as speculative by Fox. The author (Patrick Munn) claimed via Twitter his pieces of
information are accurate. Anne Simon, known as the science advisor of
the show, said everything mentioned in this article is true. As stated before, we can expect (at least) 10 new episodes (US
standard, compared to British model of 6 episodes that Fox doesn't like). In the same time, there is a zero possibility of making 22
episodes.
