The truth is still out there. We still want to believe. And maybe - just maybe - Dana Scully will reunite with Fox Mulder for another crack at The X-Files. Gillian Anderson is certainly willing to bring back her most famous character, who teamed up with David Duchovny's Mulder for the TV show and two feature films, 1998's The X-Files: Fight the Future and 2008's The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The X-Files creator Chris Carter has been "writing (a script for a third film) for a while," Anderson said during interviews for the shot-in-Toronto TV series Hannibal, in which she plays a psychothera ... [Continua a leggere]

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking, conspiracy-promoting, cult favorite television series The X-Files. In celebration of the anniversary, Emerald City Comicon brought actor Gillian Anderson to Seattle for a question-and-answer session. Moderated by Buddy Levy of The History Channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded, Anderson answered fan questions about her X-Files role as Dana Scully, her work in voice acting and stepping into the past with Charles Dickens. Anderson credits her work on The X-Files for her subsequent success as an actress. “When I got [th ... [Continua a leggere]

On the wall of the Zetter hotel in Clerkenwell is a rnonochrorne painting of a pale, raven-haired woman. She is wearing a corseted ballgown that becomes, from the waist down, an elaboratebird cage.Staring darkly out at the viewer, she holds a dagger aloft. I tell Gillian Anderson - who sits in front of the painting, slight blonde, in black jeans and a blue silk shirt - that the woman strikes rne as exactly the kind of tormented part she would play. 'You're absolutely right,' she says, beaming.The gulf between Anderson, 44. and the characters she portrays on-screen verges on comic. She is cele ... [Continua a leggere]

Non solo Hannibal per Gillian Anderson. L’ex protagonista di X-Files, dopo aver firmato per tre episodi della nuova serie di Bryan Fuller, ha raggiunto un accordo con NBC per un nuovo ruolo in un pilot ideato e sviluppato da Rand Ravinch (Life). La potenziale serie, che non ha ancora un titolo, sarà incentrata su un agente dei servizi segreti che tiene in custodia il figlio del presidente degli Stati Uniti. Quando quest’ultimo viene rapito insieme ad altri suoi compagni di scuola, scatta una missione per recuperare tutti i ragazzi coinvolti. A dirigere le operazioni sar&agra ... [Continua a leggere]

Galeotto fu l’ingaggio in Hannibal. L’ex protagonista di X-Files Gillian Anderson, a breve in un arco di episodi della nuova serie di Bryan Fuller, ha firmato nuovamente con NBC per uno dei ruoli principali nel pilota del drama senza titolo che l’ideatore di Life Rand Ravich sta sviluppando per il network. Al cast si è unita anche Rachael Taylor, reduce dalla breve avventura in 666 Park Avenue di ABC. La descrizione del progetto recita: “Quando uno dei giocatori più potenti di Washington - il Presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America - resta coinvolto ... [Continua a leggere]

Al centro della trama vi sarà un misterioso soggetto che terrà in scacco l’intera nazione degli Stati Uniti, dai dirigenti aziendali al Presidente, minacciando quanto hanno di più caro.La Anderson interpreterà Meg Fitch, amministratore delegato di una compagnia e madre di un’adolescente. La donna resterà sconvolta nell’apprendere del rapimento dell’intera classe scolastica della figlia, studentessa di un istituto privato.Meg ricorrerà a qualunque risorsa a sua disposizione per ritrovare la ragazza, senza fermarsi davanti a nulla ... [Continua a leggere]

Una nuova cospirazione per Gillian Anderson, stavolta a base di ricatti e politici corrotti piuttosto che incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo e colonizzazioni aliene. L'attrice ha accettato l'invito di Rand Ravich per recitare nel pilot che ha creato per la NBC, un progetto ancora senza titolo; la trama segue le vicende di un "improbabile burattinaio" che tira le fila di svariati personaggi politici a Washington DC, compreso il Presidente degli Stati Uniti, grazie a una serie di informazioni riservate in suo possesso. La Anderson è stata ingaggiata per il ruolo di Meg, una CEO di succes ... [Continua a leggere]

Brace yourself, nerds: Your beloved Agent Scully may be returning to American series television. Yes, Gillian Anderson, who fled to England after The X-Files ended and has only returned to our shores for the odd installment Masterpiece Theater or indie movie, has signed on to costar in an NBC pilot. Funnily enough, the show is about an FBI agent, but alas, Anderson isn't playing her. Rachael Taylor, late of 666 Park Avenue, will be playing that role, while Anderson is her estranged sister, the CEO of a huge conglomerate. The two reunite when Anderson's daughter is kidnapped along with the ... [Continua a leggere]

The X Files' Gillian Anderson and 666 Park Avenue's Rachael Taylor have joined the cast of NBC's untitled Rand Ravich pilot, TVGuide.com has learned. In the drama, Washington power players find themselves blackmailed into an international conspiracy by an unlikely puppeteer. The FBI and a rookie Secret Service agent must unravel the mystery. Taylor, whose other credits include Grey's Anatomy and Charlie's Angels, will play Agent Susie Dunn, the FBI's point person on the blackmail case. To help solve mystery, she has to reestablish ties with her estranged sister Meg (Anderson, who will next ... [Continua a leggere]

In what would be her first regular U.S. series role since The X-Files, Gillian Anderson has re-teamed with X-Files producer 20th Century Fox with a part in the studio’s NBC drama pilot from writer-executive producer Rand Ravich. Also cast in the untitled project is 666 Park Avenue star Rachael Taylor. Described as an emotionally charged action thriller set in and around the world of Washington DC, the pilot follows an idealistic Secret Service agent who finds himself at the epicenter of an international crisis on his first day on the job as the President’s son’s protection wh ... [Continua a leggere]

NBC has found two leading ladies for its drama thriller pilot from Rand Ravich. The X Files' Gillian Anderson and 666 Park Avenue's Rachael Taylor have been tapped to star in the drama from Life's Ravich, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The conspiracy drama centers on an unlikely puppeteer who will bring everyone from CEOs to the President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.  Anderson will play Meg Fitch, the CEO of a multi-conglomerate and mother to Amber. She's horrified to learn of the mass abduction of her daughter and her pri ... [Continua a leggere]

The announcement follows the successful launch of BBC One HD on 3 November 2010. BBC Two HD will replace the existing BBC HD Channel and will be available subscription-free on all digital television platforms offering HD channels. Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, says: “BBC One HD has already proved to be highly valued by our audiences and I’m delighted that we’re able to follow this with the launch of BBC Two in HD. The launch of BBC Two HD will allow us to showcase more of our programmes at their very best – helping to highlight our commitment to high q ... [Continua a leggere]

Hannibal will soon be taking a bite out of NBC’s Thursday lineup. Bryan Fuller’s long-awaited TV adaptation will premiere onThursday, April 4 at 10/9c, the network confirms. A contemporary take on the characters from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon novel, Hannibal focuses on the fledgling relationship between FBI agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and his mentor Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen, pictured below). Hannibal will fill the void left by Do No Harm, which was pulled off the schedule last week after two low-rated episodes. (Law & Order: SVU encores will occupy ... [Continua a leggere]

Director Jon Wright delivered a blast of pure horror comedy fun late last year with Grabbers. While he was doing the press rounds for the drink-soaked tentacle terror, he talked up his next project, sci-fi adventure Our Robot Overlords. We’re still waiting to hear if Calculon has accepted an offer to play one of the villains, but thanks to Screen Daily, we do know Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley are on board. With $21 million to play with this time, Wright is in pre-production on the film, which takes place three years after a robot invasion of the planet. Everyone in the world is con ... [Continua a leggere]

UK sales outfit Embankment Films continues to attract high level projects to its year-old slate, with new additions including Rupert Wyatt’s adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed novel Birdsong and Andy Serkis’ 3D imagining of the Orwell classic Animal Farm, with a script from Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas). The outfit’s $21m-budgeted sci-fi Our Robot Overlords, one of the buzz titles at AFM in November, now has Gillian Anderson and Sir Ben Kingsley attached. The film will mark Anderson’s first sci-fi project outside o ... [Continua a leggere]