“The X-Files” will return to Fox after a 13-year absence as a six-episode “event series,” with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles, the network announced Tuesday.
“I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” series creator Chris Carter said. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”
“The X-Files” ran from 1993 to 2002, with Duchovny and Anderson portraying FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, investigating paranormal phenomena. The series received 16 Emmys and a Peabody Award.
Production will begin this summer. There was no announcement when it will air.
Dana Walden and Gary Newman, chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group, issued a statement, calling the nine years they worked with Carter on “The X- Files” as “one of the most rewarding creative experiences of our careers.”
“‘The X-Files’ was not only a seminal show for both the studio and the network, it was a worldwide phenomenon that shaped pop culture, yet remained a true gem for the legions of fans who embraced it from the beginning,” the statement said.
“Few shows on television have drawn such dedicated fans as ‘The X- Files’ and we’re ecstatic to give them the next thrilling chapter of Mulder and Scully they’ve been waiting for.”
