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EXCLUSIVE: Frank Spotnitz Wants to Bring Back the Aliens in The X-Files 3!
November 17th, 2008

The X-Files 3 from Frank Spotnitz
So, there have already been whisperings about a third film from Fox. Is there anything you can tell us about that?
Frank Spotnitz: Well, yeah. I think we'd all like to to it. The studio has not said yes or no. I think the box office, unfortunately, we got creamed in the theaters by The Dark Knight. I don't think anybody could've anticipated that was going to be such a huge, historic phenomenon. To be a dark scary movie coming out the week after The Dark Knight was not the best timing. I think there's life in the franchise still. I think these are great characters. There's a date that looms very important in X-Files mythology, which is December 2012. I think after the DVD comes out, the studio will decide whether they want to roll the dice on another X-Files feature.
Are you and Chris (Carter) already hatching up ideas for that?
Frank Spotnitz: Yeah. I mean, if we were to make one more feature, I think we would definitely have to deal with alien colonization. I honestly think that's the movie that most non-hardcore X-Files fans, as well as a lot of hardcore X-Files fans are dying to see. Obviously, I think Chris has had ideas about that from the very beginning when he dreamt up this show, 16 years ago.
So do you think if this goes through, it will be the definite, final closure film? The end of the whole series?
Frank Spotnitz: I would think so. It certainly would be designed to be the period on the sentence.
You can read my full interview with Spotnitz in the near future, as we get closer to X-Files: I Want to Believe's December 2 release date.
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CBF out.
That's why Part 3, Cell. That's what X-Files fans have been waiting for, not that you ever read or respond to comments that people make about you, unless you enjoy them, you sick, sadistic, masochist you.
I Want to Believe wasn't bad. If anything, it was a long, big screen episode.
"X-Files 2" never lived up to it's hype!
So before they said that they would wait to see the box office results, and at least Spotnitz admits that it was dumb to go up against TDK, but now they want to wait to see how DVD sales will be on XF2 - to decide whether or not to make XF3!!?! Just make up your mind already, Fox.
We know everyone except one certain redhead will be on board for it. One can only hope Gillian Anderson will not have a problem with returning to the role that made her what she is today, one final time.
My fingers are crossed.