David Duchovny talks another X-Files film and why he thinks the last one didn't work

David Duchovny talks another X-Files film and why he thinks the last one didn’t work

August 10th 2012, 9:03am

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

If you’re a hardcore X-phile, chances are you’ve spent the better part of the last decade rewatching your favorite episodes, since there hasn’t been a lot going on with the franchise, apart from the somewhat lackluster X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. Don’t lose hope yet, though, as Collider recently spoke with David Duchovny on the possibility of yet another X-FILES feature film and it looks like Mulder himself would definitely be down for it. In his own words:

“That book doesn’t close until somebody dies, really. One of the greatnesses of the show was its open-endedness. It was about possibility. It wasn’t about closure. It just couldn’t be. There is no such thing as that story ever ending. Those characters are forever searching. That’s what they do. Even if we’re not watching them, they’re out there, in some dimension. Mulder and Scully are still doing their thing ‘cause that’s their nature.

I would love to do another film, or more. I think we’re all game for it. I know I’m kind of perplexed that Fox isn’t more [enthusiastic]. Here’s a homegrown property that you don’t have to go buy, like fuckin’ Green Lantern or something, to make it. Here you’ve got an actual action franchise that’s your own. It’s weird to me, but I’m not an executive. I don’t know if they made the Green Lantern either, but I’m just using that as an example of, “Why make that film? Why not make a homegrown franchise that is excellent, and that has proven to be excellent and interesting?” I don’t get it, but that’s not my business.

I think Chris [Carter] is probably working on an idea, so we’ll see. Unfortunately, with the last one, they didn’t spend the money to compete in a summer fashion, and they brought it out in the summer. It should be a summer film. It should be an action film. But, the last one we made was not. The last one we made was a dark, contemplative, small $25 million film. It was basically an independent film. When you come out against Batman, it’s not going to happen. You’re not going to be sold as an independent film, and you’re not going to compete against Batman with $25 million.”

Sign me up. Hopefully Gillian Anderson (below) feels the same way about returning to the beloved franchise.