Wondering what happened after the final episode of The Lone Gunmen series? Answers are coming in 9X15. When Morris Fletcher returns to haunt the Gunmen, the three amigos go searching for Yves Harlow's hidden background -- with a little help from their old pal, Jimmy. Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz join forces on the script for "Jump the Shark," directed by Cliff Bole. Michael McKean, Zuleikha Robinson and Stephen Snedden all guest star in the show that tentatively airs April 21st.
Doggett confronts and subdues a grotesquely disfigured man lurking in the X-files office who explains that he is seeking out information for Agent Mulder. Scully is skeptical of the man's motives, but when an examination indicates his DNA matches that of the long-missing Mulder, Scully is horrified to think this could be her former partner. David Duchovny directs "William," which tentatively airs on April 28th. Chris Carter wrote the teleplay from a story he created with Duchovny and Frank Spotnitz.
In "Release," a mysterious FBI trainee with the uncanny ability to accurately profile serial killers connects a recent group of murders to the killing of Doggett's son. Old wounds are reopened as Doggett grapples with his still-raw feelings about the death of Luke. X-Files WGA intern Jared Poe guest stars as the Quantico student whose insight torments Doggett. Kim Manners directs the episode, which is scheduled to air on May 5th, and David Amann wrote the teleplay from a story he developed with John Shiban.
A mysterious death leads Agents Scully, Doggett and Reyes to a seemingly quiet suburban neighborhood and a man who is driven by his obsession with "The Brady Bunch." Vince Gilligan directs "Sunshine Days" from his own script. The episode is set to air on May 12th.
The two-hour series finale, written by series creator Chris Carter, airs on May 19th at a special time -- 8PM/7C. In "The Truth," David Duchovny returns as Agent Mulder, who is on trial for murder. The trial leads to a military tribunal at which he is forced to save his own life as well as justify the existence of the X-files and extraterrestrials. Kim Manners directs.
"Chris Carter's The X-Files is a ground breaking series that gave birth to a genre, helped brand a network and became an international pop-culture icon and syndication phenomenon. Throughout its nine year network run on Fox, it held #1 time period ratings and was awarded over 40 honors, including 16 Emmys, 5 Golden Globes and the prestigious Peabody awards," stated Bob Cook, President & COO of Twentieth Television. "We are pleased that both TNT and the SCI FI Channel have recognized the show's tremendous value."
The hour long drama series will continue its weekend run in syndication, where it is currently the highest rated weekly syndicated hour. The X-Files was the first off-net weekly to offer a Monday through Friday cable strip with a weekend window in syndication, opening the door for other weeklies.
There are also some images coming out from May 5�s episode �Release� which tells the story of a new FBI trainee profiler who digs up information on the long-ago death of Agent Doggett�s son.
(Note from Rachael: The person sitting at the table is Chris Owens... remember him? Yep, Chris Owens played The Great Mutato in PMP and Jeffrey Spender in many episodes. This is a whole new character)
Anderson, who is contracted to appear in a second feature film based on The X-Files, added, "I'm very glad that the show is completely ending now, because I have a feeling that even though I would have mourned to a certain degree in saying goodbye, there would have been something left undone. It wouldn't have been as clean, and I feel like we have an opportunity now to really tie it up in a whole, constructive and completing way." Fox will air "The Truth" on May 19.
SCI FI also bought the rights to Roswell in an exclusive five-year deal. Roswell will debut on SCI FI this fall.
The X-Files, which currently airs original episodes on Fox, wraps its nine-year run in May. Roswell, which airs original episodes on UPN, is in its thirdseason; its prospects for renewal for a fourth year are dim.
Bowman, the director of multiple episodes of The X-Files and The X-Files movie, added, "I spent about nine months designing these things. I had drawings in about three weeks that I presented, and then we started designing characteristics and personalities and making them more serpentlike than dinosaurlike. They look like they're alive, agile and very supreme killers. I had paleontologists involved and a lot of artists involved, and we got to a boil-down point, because a lot of fantasy dragons are very exaggerated, have too many horns and look human anyway. We got it down to a sterile, realistic dragon, but it was boring. So I went back a little bit and added back some things that people who like dragons like to see, which is horns and attitude. So our dragon looks great, and it would really work if there were such a creature. This thing is as real as we could make it." Reign of Fire, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale and Izabella Scorupco, will open nationwide on July 12.
The movie tells the story of two teenagers with telekinetic powers. The original film was based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Key.