06/28/00
Its rumoured that Ray Liotta is going to be the "replacement" while Mulder is abducted. THIS IS JUST A RUMOUR! IT IS PROBABLY NOT TRUE.
06/24/00
As expected, casting has begun on a new regular character to be introducedin the next season of The X-Files.
Casting requests sent to agencies and managers this morning describedthe currently unnamed character as "male, 30's to 40's" and as an ex-policeofficer. A blue collar kind of guy who gets recruited into the Bureau. Presumably, this will be Scully's new partner, although it could be acharacter like Spender - a disbeliever (which would fit in now that Scullyseems to have finally become a "convert").
Shooting is scheduled to begin for the new character on July 25th. While this should lay to rest the rumors surrounding Nicolas Lea beingadded to the regular cast as one of the good guys, this does open upa lot of possibilities for the next season. Stay tuned.
Is Mulder the father of Scully's baby, about which viewers learned in the season finale of The X-Files? Depends on if you believe the spoilers in a post to the alt.tv.x-files newsgroup. The post purported to be a translation of an Italian radio interview with X-Files co-star David Duchovny.
Duchovny, who was in Italy promoting his feature film Return to Me, was reportedly asked, "In The X-Files season finale, 'Requiem,' [which] aired in the U.S.A. a couple [of] weeks ago, we learn that Scully is pregnant. Is it remotely possible that the father is Mulder, or [do] we have to endure another alien-baby?" according to the About.com X-Files fan Web site.
Duchovny reportedly replied, "Yeah. ... I don't want to give too much away too soon, otherwise I would spoil you all. Then again I didn't write this episode, so I really don't know. Anyway they told me that yes, it should be Mulder's baby, a little Mulder, and the baby is not alien, that is if you don't believe that Mulder is an alien himself! When we shot this episode, I had not signed the contract for the eighth season yet. It could be they were looking for something interesting happening in the season to come, give the fans something to wait for. Or maybe they were hoping to have my child growing up really fast to take my place in the show."
06/14/00
Carter Primed For X-Files Changes
The X-Files creator Chris Carter told the Los Angeles Daily News that the upcoming eighth season of the hit Fox television series presents new challenges for him and the cast and crew. "I'm excited," Carter said. "I think that there are lots of interesting stories to tell, and in coming back, I think we've created lots of interesting problems to solve, which is what we like. We want the problems to solve."
Among them: How to deal with co-star David Duchovny's decision not to appear in as many as half of next season's episodes, and how to develop the season-ending surprise that Gillian Anderson's character, FBI Agent Dana Scully, may be pregnant.
"We'll bring in some new characters," Carter said. "We have some chances here to expand the show yet again. We're still going to tell great stories. I want to focus more on the character of Scully and tell stories that deal with a more mythological magic realism approach than we have done before."
06/14/00
This is a letter to the editor
Scorn Poured Upon Duchovny
I am writing in response to Larry Brewer's comment on David Duchovny and his recent decisions about coming back to The X-Files. I am sure that there were only a few select other people that were happier than me when I learned that the lawsuit had been settled and he would be returning to the show, and that there would be an eighth season. To me, The X-Files is the last bit of good TV that I watch, along with Roswell and Charmed. The other shows that I watch are pretty much reruns. When I read that David Duchovny would only be doing only about half of the season I was a little disappointed, but then I read all of those interviews. People would ask him how he feels about the show's eighth season and he would answer with an "I don't care if there is or isn't another season as long as I get my money" attitude. That really upset me. If it wasn't for The X-Files no one would know him for anything other than Red Shoe Diaries or the handful of movies that he has been in. Which basically means for me that I would not know who he is at all, along with tons of other people. What upset me most though was when I read that he would not even be doing the 11 episodes that he agreed to do, but even fewer. All I could think was "that bastard! Why doesn't he just suck it up and do the eighth season? It's not like he will be doing anything else!" The fans did make him and it would be wonderful to watch him pick up his face as the fans dwindle.
Webmistress' note: I still like David Duchovny. I was dissappointed when I heard that he was only going to be in half of the eight season, but it was either that or nothing.
Spinning off from "The X-Files," the Lone Gunmen get their
own series on the FOX network. Created by Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban, the new show will air in the beginning of 2001. Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood and Tom Braidwood play the three paranoid conspiracy theorists that form the editorial staff of a government watchdog newspaper.
06/11/00
The season finale was #18 for that week. Thats pretty good considering it hasn't been on the top 30 since last season.
06/07/00
I have no idea where this is from but its really good. It talks about DD's eye problem and a new tattoo that he got for his daughter. INTERVIEW DAVID DUCHOVNY: FROM TV HERO TO ROMANTIC LEAD; IN MAKING THE LEAP FROM TELEVISION TO BIG SCREEN, DAVID DUCHOVNY TOOK SOME SOUND ADVICE OFF AN OLD PRO AS ALISON JONES DISCOVERED.
For the actual interview go here. Its too long to put here.
06/06/00
Schools out! I'm now offically a senior! Millennium class of 2001!!
The news dated 06/01/00 is from Sci fi.com 06/01/00
Expect Less Mulder Next Year
David Duchovny told the Empire Online Web site that he may appear in fewer than the previously reported 11 episodes of The X-Files next year. "It would be far less," said Duchovny, who recently agreed to appear in one more year of the hit Fox series, playing FBI Agent Fox Mulder.
So why did he sign on again? "It was all about money," Duchovny said. "When they agreed with me, my legal problems with them were over." Duchovny settled a lawsuit against Fox, claiming that he was cheated out of payments resulting from the network's sale of X-Files reruns to the sister FX cable network.
As for how The X-Files will play out with so little Mulder, Duchovny added, "That's not my problem--it's theirs."
06/01/00
Scully To Get New Partner
With David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) paring down his appearances on The X-Files next year, expect co-star Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully) to get a new partner, X-Files creator Chris Carter told the Entertainment Weekly Web site. "Certainly Scully's character has evolved to this point now where she is a believer of sorts," Carter said. "I think that the partner would probably be a skeptic. And more likely than not, it will be a man."
Also expect more screen time for supporting players Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Skinner) and Nicholas Lea (Krycek). "We've got a lot of great players on the bench," X-Files executive producer Frank Spotnitz told EW. "It makes sense to use those assets more heavily than we have in the past."
Duchovny recently agreed to return for the X-Files' eighth season, but in a limited capacity. It's unclear whether next season will be the show's last. "If we plan it carefully, there could be [more seasons], but I'm not telling you that there will be,'' Carter said. Scully's likely new partner would be "very important for not just this year, but perhaps the future. ... I still think there are a lot of stories to tell. If the characters worked, and we liked to write for them, I could say yes to another season."
As for this year's season finale, when Scully discovered that she was pregnant, Carter was coy about who the father might be. "There was an episode written and directed by Gillian that began and ended in Mulder's bedroom," Carter told EW. "That would certainly bring up some questions for me."
06/01/00
Is X-Files Cancer Man Dead?
William B. Davis, better known as Cancer Man in The X-Files, told the Calgary Sun newspaper that his apparent death at the end of last week's season finale may or may not be what it seems. "I honestly don't know if I'm dead or alive," Davis said.
Davis added, "I don't know if I'll be coming back. I asked [creator] Chris Carter, and he explained that it is meant to be ambiguous." Davis said he'd like to return, despite plot turns that left his character terminally ill and crumpled at the bottom of the stairs after being pushed by Krycek. "The Bounty Hunter could come back and give me a miracle cure," he said.
06/01/00
Ultraviolet, a one-hour vampire drama from producers of The X-Files and My So-Called Life, is among the mid-season replacement series announced last week by Fox. Ultraviolet, based on a British miniseries of the same name, will delve "deep into a bizarre New York underworld, where vampires are fighting a government agency," Fox said.
06/01/00
Here is an article about the release of the ENTIRE Season 1 onto DVD. I'd put it here but it is very long. Scifi gave it grade A. And they don't do that much.
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