Gillian Anderson was just 25 years old when she walked into a Los Angeles office to audition for the role of Special Agent Dana Scully, a medical doctor and FBI agent tasked with using hard science to disprove the alien conspiracy mumbo-jumbo of her partner, Fox Mulder. David Duchovny—then 33 and known mostly for hosting Showtime’s cheesy erotic drama Red Shoe Diaries—charmed producers first (“he was so intelligent and wry,” remembers Danielle Gelber, Fox’s former director of drama development). He’d already landed the role of Mulder by the time he fi ... [Continua a leggere]

Chris Carter is not one to count his chickens before they hatch, but that doesn't mean The X-Files creator isn't already mulling over ideas for additional episodes of the beloved series. In fact, he had already started writing a third X-Files movie before the idea of a television revival was even on the table. But Carter will have to wait until Sunday when The X-Files returns for a six-episode miniseries to see if the appetite for the paranormal crime-solving of Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) is still there. But what's kept Carter - and the fans - so invested in The X-F ... [Continua a leggere]

Mulder and Scully entered a dark apartment, their flashlights on. They were searching for, what else, the truth. Scully went off by herself. "Mulder!" she shouted from off camera. She found something. Mulder turned and walked toward her voice. End scene. I was there. And I was verklempt. Yes, I'm talking full on tears in my eyes, hand clutching my chest. I was on set of The X-Files; Mulder and Scully are back and I was there to witness a piece of TV history. When The X-Files premiered in 1993, I was six years old. I knew it existed because my dad was a loyal viewer. He was in front of the TV ... [Continua a leggere]

Chris Carter talked with reporters, and us, today! Here are 5 takeaways- On the subject of William- “He will play an important part…he’s an active presence.” “He is important to the arc.” On coming back- “I wouldn’t have done it without David and Gillian.” On fan influence- “I got a direct hit from the fans for their desire to see the show,” specifically at Comic-Con.  About the Lone Gunmen returning- “They come back in a way that you would absolutely never expect.” Something for fans to keep an e ... [Continua a leggere]

After almost 14 years, “The X-Files” is returning to television. A new six-episode miniseries finds Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) once again in the midst of government conspiracies and unexplainable phenomena, flashlights in hands as they search for the truth. The highly anticipated series debuts in a two-night event, with the first episode (titled “My Struggle”) premiering on Sunday, January 24, and the second episode (“Founder’s Mutation”) arriving the next night. In addition to series leads Duchovny and Anderson, se ... [Continua a leggere]

PASADENA, Calif. – Scully and Mulder have issues when Fox’s The X-Files returns Sunday (10 p.m ET/7 PT), but that’s hardly the case for the actors who play the paranormal investigators, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. The Scully-Mulder relationship “is not in a good place,” Duchovny tells USA TODAY, before turning to Anderson for character information. “Were we ever married? I get it wrong all the time." Anderson says no. “Just living in sin?” Duchovny asks. “Yes. Basically,” she says. “And we had a baby? ... [Continua a leggere]

NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia — There they were in the midst of what looked like a spooky old-growth forest (Princess Park, actually, mere blocks from upscale suburban homes here), surrounded by clumps of moss, overgrown ferns and gigantic Douglas firs, looking for clues of yet another allegedly paranormal crime, the kind they used to solve almost every week. They addressed each other, as they always had, by only their last names. “Mulder,” said Gillian Anderson, reprising her role as the F.B.I. agent Dana Scully, the look on her face instantly recognizable; part reprima ... [Continua a leggere]

Over a year ago, in the Fall of 2014, I got a call out of the blue from 20th Century Fox asking me if I would consider bringing The X-Files back to television. There had been the suggestion of this at a 20th anniversary event at ComicCon a year earlier, but it seemed like wishful thinking by a vocal contingent of diehard fans. Whether Fox was listening or simply wanted to capitalize on a trend of rebooting old shows wasn’t clear. Again, this could have been simply talk but Fox was quick to add that the actors, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, were both very interested in the idea. Th ... [Continua a leggere]

The set-up is classic “X-Files.” A top-secret location. The corpse of a victim snuffed out under mysterious circumstances. A shady official managing the situation. FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully trying to uncover the truth. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have played scenes like this over a hundred times before. It should be a cakewalk. But on this August afternoon on a Vancouver soundstage, nothing’s going right. The actors are tripping over their lines. They can’t hear writer-director James Wong’s cues through the walls of the set from his perch behi ... [Continua a leggere]

Next Sunday Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are back as agents Scully and Mulder, and we’re so ready—like 15-years-waiting-for-something-to-believe-in ready. We paused in rewatching all nine seasons to ask Anderson our most pressing questions about the new season. GQ: Do we call it a miniseries or a reboot?Gillian Anderson: I guess it’s a miniseries, but sometimes these miniseries become full series, so I don’t know! I guess it depends on where we go with it. Did you or David Duchovny sign on first?David was very enthusiastic from the inception—he, I think, ... [Continua a leggere]

DAVID DUCHOVNY IS clad in the classic FBI G-man outfit: government issue blue shirt with a short red tie. Sitting behind a large metal desk, he leans forward, picks up a pile of pencils and, one by one, starts throwing them at a familiar poster. You know the one. Bankers’ boxes stuffed with folders marked “X-Files” line the wall. Slapped on a small door is a nameplate designating this the office of Fox Mulder. After a few throws, one of Duchovny’s pencils sticks, right above the words I WANT TO BELIEVE. He points to it proudly. Soon, he’s making the shot consisten ... [Continua a leggere]

When “The X-Files” returns on Jan. 24, don’t expect one of those highfalutin reboots: The six new episodes are all about continuity — down to star Gillian Anderson’s signature hair color. Back in 1993, when the Fox show first aired, Anderson dyed her blond hair red to play FBI Special Agent Dana Scully. This time, she opted for wigs. “The first [wig] wasn’t quite the right red, so in some light it came off as strawberry,” she tells The Post. “The second wig was more the original color.” The coherence goes deeper than hair c ... [Continua a leggere]

What would FBI Agent Dana Scully wear? Or, more importantly, what would she not wear? Gillian Anderson knows, in precise detail. As is her way when it comes to her work, Anderson is relentless when it comes to, not empty perfection, but attention to detail and its contribution to authenticity. So when filming began last June for the much-anticipated new series of cult ’90s (and beyond) show The X-Files, airing on Fox on January 24, she was fastidious. “The costume designer would pull something that on one level would be an interesting thing for Scully to wear, that would give it a ... [Continua a leggere]

The pair, who found fame around the world as FBI special agents Mulder and Scully in the sci-fi drama, have reprised their roles for six new episodes more than thirteen years after the original run ended. The pair whispered and reminisced about the past at the launch of the new season at the California Science Centre in Los Angeles. Commenting on the relevance of the show, Anderson, who can currently be seen in BBC1's War And Peace, said: "There continues to be enthusiasm for it. There has been a huge amount of enthusiasm since we announced it (the new series|)." Duchovny added: "I think th ... [Continua a leggere]

Will there ever be another X-Files movie? Though FOX is releasing a six-episode X-Files "event series" later this month, fans have long wondered whether Mulder and Scully's big-screen adventures are officially over after the second film, 2008's X-Files: I Want to Believe, turned in a disappointing performance at the box-office.  Though there's been no movement on a third feature since then, one person who seems keen on making another film is David "Mulder" Duchovny, who stopped by to chat with us at last night's red carpet premiere for the new series, which debuts on FOX January 24. ... [Continua a leggere]