Duchovny talks X-FILES 3

In an interview with The Daily Beast, X-Files star David Duchovny offers his own take on what should happen if there is another sequel.

Duchovny looks forward to filming a third X-Files film in the near future. “As far as the X-Files movie I’d like to do next, if we get a chance to do it, would be a return to the heart and soul of the mythology, which is the alien-oriented conspiracy. I think it’s natural for The X-Files to have another movie in 2012, so we’ll see if we get to do it.” He defends last year’s widely panned I Want to Believe, as well as the polarizing last few seasons of the television run: “I was happy with it… I have nothing but respect for [X-Files creator] Chris Carter and the writing staff.”

If there is going to be another film (and there better be, or all that stuff about the big scary things coming in 2012 is going to seem even more anticlimactic), Duchovny's right that the alien mythology is definitely the way to go. I Want to Believe was disappointing and the franchise does seem pretty dead at this point, but I bet a lot of people would be interested in seeing Mulder and Scully have one last adventure, if it was handled right... And that means alien abductions and spooky lights in the sky, not some sad, puzzling, transgendered Frankenstein who spends the whole damn movie asleep on a slab.

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