The X-Files is cancelled on FOX after 11 seasons, but creator Chris Cater believes the show could be resurrected, without Gillian Anderson, whose departure further sealed the show’s fate.
He told THR:
It is out of my hands. I have to wait for a lot of things that have nothing to do with storytelling and they have to do with a corporate story now being told [as Fox’s sale to Disney awaits regulatory hurdles].
You look at any long-lived franchise, and there are endless possibilities. There are prequels, there are other ways to approach a series like The X-Files.
In a message to the show’s fans, Carter insists he has more stories to tell:
I think X-Files fans, the hardcore fans, [know] never say die. This series, when it ended in 2002, there was the possibility of another movie, which we gave them. That the television series would come back 13-14 years later [after the television finale], tells you there are stories. And I know this is true, because I have stories to tell; there are more files in those drawers.
Are you disappointed with the cancellation of The X-Files? What did you think of the series finale? Hoping for a future revival without Scully? Stay tuned…
Renee says
X-Files is a great story to be told. With the distance between the original and the new parts, it stands to reason that the original characters would have moved on or retired. The trick is to get really good actors to fill the roles and to not do what other ones have done, Don’t put another actor in there and then use the same names. I think Chris Carter and the team are fabulous writers and the story needs to go on. The story is timeless and that is what is important. An example would be to have Scully training in her replacement so there is a connection.
Michael Ball says
I thought Season 11 was brilliant!!..been hopin’ for Season 12 along with a couple of others that are hangin’ in Limbo..(OUTCAST,COLONY)…love the Sci-Fi /Horror genre….bring em’ back…PLEASE!!!