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Chris Carter Says 9/11 Killed X-Files, But America is Ready for It Again
We just got treated to a very brief clip from the new X-Files movie trailer, featuring a group of mysterious FBI types marching across the icy antarctic snows, with Billy Connolly as a mad grayhair in the lead, crying out, "We've found it!" Cut to lightning fast clips of a body being dragged over ice, Scully looking hotter than hell, Mulder looking not so bad himself, and lots of zoomy blurred stuff. No shots of Xzibit, though Chris Carter did confirm for the millionth time that he would be in the film along with Amanda Peet as a federal agent. No word about that giant werewolf we keep hearing about. But director Chris Carter, writer Frank Spotnitz, and stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny were in attendance. Here's what they had to say about X-Files and 9/11, as well as what it's been like to return to the story after all these years. More »
6:24 PM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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Latest by familiartread: i usually feel uncomfortable at audience q&a sessions, but the x-files panel was surprisingly not lame! i particularly enjoyed the krycek question (and david's subsequent "hand motion"), the running "bad blood" gag, and the david & gillian banter. more »
