For the last eight years, THE X-FILES has been mesmerizing its television audiences with its mysterious entities, government conspiracies, alien abductions, malevolent mutants, and whimsical creatures, all wrapped up in a detective-show type format. Among...
The truth is finally out there on DVD and Blu-ray! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents The X-Files: I Want To Believe, a gripping feature film based on the global phenomenon that descends onto DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) on December 2nd. Marki...
This is probably one of those items that you either want or you don’t. Presenting every episode from Season Two of The X-Files, this DVD box set is clearly aimed at fans and collectors whose long-term goal is to have a complete collection resting on their...
William B. Davis is making an argument, laying out his analysis. He`s comparing his own character on Fox` The X-Files, the minimally-named Cigarette Smoking Man (or `CSM,`) to David Duchovny`s hero, Fox Mulder. `Let`s start with outcomes,` he says, hands ...
...film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, has fans and internet chat rooms buzzing. Why? Because everything from the plot to the characters and any connections to the TV series mythology has been kept in secret. Knowing that they would revea...
Well, the season nine two-part opener to THE X-FILES couldn't have had a more fitting title: "Nothing Important Happened Today." Talk about opening yourself up to unnecessary puns.As has been indicative of the show during last year's incredibly uneven sea...
Four new screenshots have appeared online for the upcoming sequel X-Files: I Want To Believe, courtesy of a Russian website. The photos feature newcomers Amanda Peet and Xzibit as well as showing leading stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson getting u...
David Simkins, the executive producer of The Dresden Files, talked with Syfy portal about the pairing of Dresden Files and Battlestar Galactica on the SciFi Channel."I think it's a pretty good pairing," he said. "If this was two solid hours...
A second trailer to this summer's upcoming sequel The X-Files: I Want to Believe has popped up online, though it's designed for Russian audiences. Still, you can see new footage of the supernatural thriller starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibi...
To celebrate last week's release of THE X-FILES - SEASON 8 on DVD, 20th Century Fox Home Video and our pals at M80 are teaming up to give a lucky Cinescape reader the chance to win a piece of actual artwork used in the making of the hit TV series!Click on...
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then fans of The X-Files are going to love seeing former FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully team up again for the first time since the award-winning TV show ended its 9-year run in 2002. Series stars David Duchov...
We deserved so much better.Loathe as I am to adopt the attitude of the wronged, brooding fanboy, it's hard not to feel emotionally gutted when watching the final episode of THE X-FILES. For many years, I - along with countless other viewers - remained ded...
At the New York Comic Con X-Files creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz spoke of a DVD that would precede their new X-Files film X-Files: I Want To Believe (in theaters July 25, 2008). The DVD was to be a refresher on Agents Mulder (David Duchovny...
What They SayThe Columbus Egg. It\'s a treasure that not only holds innumerable wealth, but also has an unimaginably deadly power.... control over the weather. Legend says that Columbus found it on his first voyage. But legends are just legends, right?!
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...ghten any X-Files fan’s appreciation of the series. Through it’s seven seasons, THE X-FILES has gained a large and vocal following. Its mix of paranormal encounters and `monster` shows interspersed with the long-running mythology of governmental consp...
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When this beautiful detective duo takes on a new case involving drug...
For nine years, we've been promised that the truth is out there. With the conclusion of THE X-FILES' formidable run this past Sunday, we finally did learn The Truththough much of it proved to be a recap of the past more than new revelations in the present...
In what seems to be turning into a rite of spring, as The X-Files was winding down last season the show's production team still didn't know whether season eight's final episode would indeed be the last episode of the series, or merely the final episode of...
After seven seasons and a feature movie, with the future of the series uncertain, there is much speculation about how THE X-FILES might continue, especially if the stars decline to continue in their roles. Amid the speculation, there has been little consi...
With less than two months left to hype the release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Artisan Entertainment has joined forces with publishing giant Random House to launch The Blair Witch Files, a series of Goosebumps-styled novels centering around the fic...
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’...
Sci Fi Wire has revealed that Frank Spotnitz has signed on to help write The X-Files 2. The next film in the X-Files series is expected to get underway after Chris Carter (creator of X-Files) and Fox settle legal matters."There's still a very good chance...
Last Sunday saw the conclusion of THE X-FILES' formidable run after a nine-year stretch. We finally did learn The Truththough much of it proved to be a recap of the past more than new revelations in the present. And we finally had to say goodbye to Mulder...
Now that the eighth season of The X-Files is well under way and the post-Mulder era is upon us, it`s time for the TV critics, fanboys and other pundits to weigh in with their opinions as to whether the Great Experiment is a success or not. The viewers hav...
Gillian Anderson has signed on for an additional year as X-Files` agent Dana Scully. The new deal, which would give the series a ninth season, extends Anderson`s current contract through the 2001-02 season. Her new co-star, Robert Patrick, is signed for o...
It slipped my notice at first, but the box set release of the Patlabor: New Files isn\'t exactly all it\'s cracked up to be. The first volume is the same as what\'s released but volume two and three, which has six episodes each, is dropping the dub from i...
X-Files
alumni continue popping up in the superhero community of The
WB. Recently, William B. Davis, best known as The Cigarette Smoking Man from
the X-Files, guest starred on Smallville as the
scheming Mayor of Clark's hometown. Now, X-Files vetera...
Chris Carter, who wasn't able to attend the TCA gathering in L.A. did get in his take on signing on to another season of THE X-FILES via a letter to Fox.The letter, which was distributed to the press had Carter addressing his signing, saying, "The decisio...
Actor David Duchovny was at the Television Critics Association press tour over the weekend promoting his new Showtime series CALIFORNICATION. While attending the event, he let The Hollywood Reporter know that the script for the X-FILES movie has been fini...
In case you were wondering about how ex-XENA Lucy Lawless got hooked up to THE X-FILES, executive producer Frank Spotnitz has been explaining it all.While talking to the New York Post, the producer explained, saying, "She and [Chris Carter] met in the pas...
It was sealed with a kiss and now he's gone...again. At the end of THE X-FILES' eighth season, Agent Mulder (David Duchovny) and Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson) admitted to each other the "truth" that was out there all along their love for each other. An...
... TV's THE X-FILES ends up in similar circumstances (albeit more comedic ones) in the recently released EVOLUTION, directed by Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS)."Last year on THE X-FILES they had fish hooks in my face," muses Duchovny. "I've been treated a lo...
In an interview with CINESCAPE talking about all things X-FILES, Chris Carter had a few things to say about the upcoming Season 5 boxed set release of FILES, as well as his plan to meld that season with the first X-FILES film, which opened a few weeks aft...
It seems Frank Spotnitz has found a life after THE X-FILES, which closes shop in May. Spotnitz has been perhaps the most influential executive producer/writer on the series, eclipsed only by creator Chris Carter. But it looks like he's set to step into hi...
Frank Spotnitz is working harder than ever to make the transition from THE X-FILES' old cast to its new one.While talking to Entertainment Weekly, Spotnitz addressed criticisms of the show's changing direction, saying, "To place two new characters at the ...
The Fox TV network has released two new cast shots promoting the coming ninth season of THE X-FILES. As you can see, there's no David Duchovny.In addition, one of the shots also shows Cary Elwes, who will play a recurring role on the program. Click on the...
WOLVERINE writer Frank Tieri says that "The Logan Files" arc running in WOLVERINE #173-175 will have big ramifications for both Wolverine and Sabretooth."If I've noticed one thing about my run on WOLVERINE and DEADPOOL, it's that people like my portrayal ...
In the May issue of CINESCAPE, both Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, creator and executive producer on THE X-FILES, talk about the upcoming X-FILES movie with a welcomed degree of certainty. We ran a few of Carter's quotes here lately, and now bring him a...
Chris Carter continues to find new ground to break away from 20th Century Fox and THE X-FILES. Carter and his X-FILES producer pal Frank Spotnitz will pen the screenplay for A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION for Mace Neufeld and Paramount Pictures. Neufeld, C...
Director Rob Bowman (REIGN OF FIRE, THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE) is in discussions to helm the ELEKTRA movie for 20th Century Fox. Producers Mark Steven Johnson and Gary Foster want to secure Bowman so he can be ready for star Jennifer Garner's hiatus b...
The Sci Fi Channel has ordered 11 episodes of THE DRESDEN FILES, a supernatural detective series based on Jim Butcher's best selling books.The show will be produced by Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films and Lionsgate TV. The two-hour pilot is expected to kick o...
Due out on 07/12/2005 from Central Park Media, we\'ve got an early look at the next series they\'re starting with a review of Patlabor: New Files Vol. #1 (of 4).
The Fox TV network has released images from the coming January 13th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "John Doe."In the episode, Agent Doggett (Robert Patrick) is found wandering a dusty Mexican town with no knowledge of his identity or memory of his past. T...
...ldquo;THE X-FILES” REVELATIONS descends onto a two-disc DVD collection July 8, 2008. Selected by eight-time Emmy® Award nominated series creator Chris Carter himself, all eight full hour episodes in the compilation include sp...
Often, the SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS one-shots do little more than catch readers up on the characters in questions and offer a couple of short stories that you can usually skip, all for a hefty price tag. Come on back in the day, you could get a graphic n...
Bringing this franchise to completion in the US with everything now released, we\'ve got a look at the 10/11/2005 release of Patlabor: The Mobile Police - The New Files Collection from Central Park Media.
Due out today from the folks at FUNimation, we\'ve got a look at their release of Lupin the 3rd: The Columbus Files, the latest in the fun TV Specials part of the easily accessible franchise.
What They SayNoa is the policewoman of the very near future. With the aid of her zany crewmates and her beloved giant robot suit, Alphonse, she fights crime with an enthusiasm that occasionally outstrips all common sense. So what if she ends up destroying...
We\'re trying to keep on top of these short run adult releases these days so we don\'t have those week long review fests we\'ve done in the past. Released today from Critical Mass Video is the two episode series Venus Files.
Nicolas Cage has set up THE DRESDEN FILES, based on Jim Butcher's bestselling novels, with the Sci-Fi Channel. The two-hour pilot for the series will be written by Hans Beimler and Robert Wolfe.The story centers on Harry Dresden, a wizard who makes his li...
As part of the huge X-FILES spread in the May issue of CINESCAPE, long-time Executive Producer Frank Spotnitz dropped some info on the series finale and the return of the show's emotional core, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). He also acknowledged the less th...
Surprise of surprises, it looks like Chris Carter and company did not beg David Duchovny to come back to the final episode of THE X-FILES, but Duchovny himself suggested the idea.According to TV GUIDE Online, Chris Carter asked Duchovny to direct the Apri...
After weeks of rumors comes confirmation from Fox that David Duchovny will return for the final two hours of THE X-FILES, bringing a level of closure to the character of Fox Mulder that his departure from the series last year did not provide.According to ...
After nine years, some of which were the most brilliant ever seen in the run of any drama on television, THE X-FILES will be calling it quits this May. In a report carried in THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Chris Carter has decided to end the series this sp...
While talking to CINESCAPE's own Melissa J. Perenson for the May issue of the magazine, X-FILES creator/producer Chris Carter touched upon his thoughts now that he's decided to end the show after nine years, and the work it will take to close shop.When as...
In an interview carried in the May issue of CINESCAPE Magazine, our own Melissa J. Perenson pulled some new info from X-FILES creator Chris Carter as to when fans can expect to see the second big screen adventure for Mulder and Scully."It's definite [in s...
Robert Patrick is talking about his alter ego as X-FILES Agent John Doggett as the end of the show nears, and he's talking about it in the May issue of CINESCAPE. As part of that issue's extensive FILES coverage, Patrick reflected on both the past few sea...
The first images are out from the episode of THE X-FILES directed by onetime Fox Mulder, David Duchovny. The episode, "William" airs April 28 and centers on a 'friend' of Mulder trying to get into the X-files on Mulder's behalf. There are also some images...
The Fox TV network has released details of the coming November 18th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "Nothing Important Happened Today II."In part two of the two-part season premiere, with Scully's baby showing signs of being something other than entirely h...
According to IESB, David Duchovny expects things to be finalized this week regarding a new X-Files film with filming as early as late this year. Duchovny says that negotiations are in the final stages and he hopes they will be finalized later this week...
What They SayNoa always dreamed of piloting a giant robot for the police. Now, that dream is a reality, and Noa is a member of an elite unit that specializes in solving robot crimes. When terror strikes in the form of the giant black robot, the Griffin, N...
Inkworks will release a new premium trading card collection timed to coincide with the big screen release of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE on July 25, 2008. The 72-card series will feature Agent Mulder & Agent Skully along with the act...
It seems clear the upcoming sequel X-Files 2 will be picking up where the series ended a few years back as far as the relationship between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). If you don't know how the series ended between the t...
After nine seasons, THE X-FILES will wrap it up this May; about two seasons too late by my watch.You know, it hurts me to say bad things about THE X-FILES. I'm a total nerd. I used to love the show. But now THE X-FILES is all about Doggett (Robert Patrick...
It looks like with the end of THE X-FILES days away, Chris Carter has already moved on to his next project: X-FILES 2. While Carter talked to CINESCAPE magazine recently in general terms about what fans could expect from a follow up to 1998's X-FILES: FIG...
...g awaited X-FILES 2 will hit theaters on July 25, 2008. Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter developed the script while series creator Carter will get behind the camera in directing David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. The storyline is being reported as a s...
20th Century Fox, M80 and CINESCAPE are teaming up to give you an opportunity to win one of two X-FILES prize packs. With today's release of the ninth and final season of THE X-FILES on DVD, the paranormal investigations of FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana ...
Today marks the release of the seventh season (1999-2000) of THE X-FILES on DVD. Twentieth Century Fox Home Video continues to deliver the goods for fans of Chris Carter's conspirary laden series, offering a plethora of bonus features on the six-disc set...
Our very own Maniac DaForce is at the WonderCon event in California and he passed a long a brief bit about the footage shown for X-Files 2, which also has a video up online and placed below. But first, here's the message from Daforce about it...
The teas...
The first set photo for the production of THE X-FILES 2 has made its way online this morning by way of Comingsoon. Click the link to see Agent Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and a new federal agent (Amanda Peet) on the set of the film. They're filming the stand-al...
While talking to CINESCAPE's Anthony C. Ferrante about the end of THE X-FILES, writer and co-executive producer John Shiban revealed that he is writing and directing the upcoming episode titled "Underneath." He also had some rather interesting news regard...
The Fox TV network has released images from the coming December 9th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "4-D." The story focuses on a vicious killer who is sure he can't be caught, with the X-Files team intent on proving him wrong.Click on the thumbnails here ...
The Fox TV network has released details of the coming January 6th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "Trust No 1."Contacted by a mysterious man claiming to have information about Mulder and the "super soldiers" that drove him into hiding, Scully, Reyes and Do...
With new episodes of THE X-FILES soon to be but a thing of the past, we at CINESCAPE decided to take a look at one of the show's unique aspects: the episode titles. Genre fans love to decode episode titles in general, and THE X-FILES has fueled the passio...
In the latest issue of CINESCAPE magazine, REIGN OF FIRE director Rob Bowman (X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION) talked to us about his latest, a the tale of dragons overtaking a future Earth. "The idea which I found most compelli...
There would be many classic episodes yet to come, and certainly there were high points in the seasons that preceded this one, but for many (myself included), the third season of THE X-FILES represents its apex. Never before had the show been so comfortabl...
Every single X-FILES show and the movie, X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, all in one box set? It's happening according to Fox Home Video. The DVD box set will be called X-FILES: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION. They're saying that the four Threads of Mythology releases...
Even though the X-FILES hasn't aired a new episode in nearly two years, it doesn't keep fans of the series from remembering it fondly and clamoring for more. Luckily for fans out there, Vivendi Universal has released the newest X-FILES game, X-FILES: RESI...
Bill Connolly, Amanda Peet and Xzibit have joined the cast of THE X-FILES 2 , says the Hollywood Reporter. The trade announced that sources indicated thespians Peet and Xzibit playing FBI agents alongside Mulder and Scully in this stan...
While doing press for his latest, REIGN OF FIRE, director Rob Bowman has had a few things to say about the developing X-FILES 2. Bowman directed the first film, as well as quite a few of the show's episodes, and according to him, the movie might not be ou...
X-FILES creator Chris Carter and executive producer Frank Spotnitz have been talking about the coming ninth season of their series.While talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Frank Spotnitz spoke of the renewed vigour in the program, saying, "There are new c...
Lucy Lawless didn't just cool her heels after the end of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. She's now jumping on board another TV franchise: THE X-FILES.At this point, Lawless has been signed for a multi-episode engagement, the specifics of which are being kept unde...
For this 52-minute mail-order documentary videotape that details the X-Files fan phenomenon, documentary filmmakers Maria Bowen and Chris Clements, along with producer Julie Goldman, connected with the fans at the roving X-FILES Expo conventions in 1998. ...
The Fox TV network has released their logline info on the coming ninth season opening episode of THE X-FILES, titled "Nothing Important Happened Today." Originally scheduled for November 4th, the episode hits the small screen on the 11th.In part one of th...
The Fox TV network has released images from the December 16th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "Lord of the Flies." The episode finds Agents Scully, Doggett and Reyes investigating the strange murder of a teenager, and, as the title suggests, expect to see ...
Laurie Holden has been talking briefly about the chances of her returning to her role of Marita Covarrubias on THE X-FILES... which sound slim to none.While talking to TV Guide in a promotion for this week's release of THE MAJESTIC, in which Holden plays ...
Adam Godley (Elizabeth:The Golden Age) and Callum Keith Rennie (Sci-Fi's Tin Man) have joined the cast of THE X-FILES 2, reports Variety. They will be starring alongside David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly. Creator Chr...
The Fox TV network has released information about the December 16th episode of THE X-FILES, titled "Lord of the Flies."Called in to investigate the bizarre death of a teenager who died while performing a crazy stunt for a cable television show, Agents Scu...
Even before he began his prolific run as the composer for THE X-FILES, Mark Snow had racked up an impressive array of television and feature film scores since emerging into Hollywood television music in 1976. With more than 200 features, TV-movies, minise...
Though the Fox TV network's line up of comedies did great in the ratings, the ninth season launch of THE X-FILES looks to have disappointed.THE SIMPSONS season opener and MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE took their respective half-hours in the ratings. X-FILES, thou...
Three new movie stills have popped up online today for the upcoming "Untitled X-Files Sequel" (previously named X-Files 2). The movie screenshots focus on leading stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. The film also stars Xzibit, Amanda Peet...
20th Century Fox is throwing a little treat to all the fans for their upcoming premiere of X-Files: I Want to Believe. The studio has set up a fan event for which fans can watch the premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on July 23, 2008. ...
Some real sneaky reader from Joblo has hit the motherload by grabbing some photos from the set of X-Files 2. Chris Carter and the staff have been very evasive on revealing plot details other than saying "supernatural stand-alone" story. But thes...
Say goodbye to any reference to the long running mythology plotline for X-Files 2, says Chris Carter. In an article over at Usa Today, the creator confirmed about what not to expect in this upcoming sequel from 20th Century Fox. It was already leaked and ...
Those of you who remember Agent Fox Mulder's office will know why the new X-Files 2 title is so familiar. Chris Carter and producers have chosen an official title for the upcoming sequel hitting this summer, the new title being The X-Files: I Want to Beli...
While we've had nearly a dozen TV spots for The Dark Knight, we haven't yet seen one TV spot for X-Files: I Want to Believe, which opens up just a week after the Bat sequel. Well, until now. A new spot has popped up online, which I'm putting down below. T...
Two new TV spots have popped up online for X-Files: I Want to Believe, which you can watch together in back-to-back format on the player below. The upcoming sequel stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith R...
20th Century Fox has unleashed two new video clips for their upcoming sequel X-Files: I Want to Believe courtesy of Yahoo. The sequel has the return of leading stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson and co-stars Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Cal...
So, is Gillian Anderson really planning on exiting THE X-FILES after the end of the program's ninth season?While talking to TV Guide, the actress stated her intentions very simply, saying, "After this season, yes. My contract is up."When asked if she was ...
Release Date: July 25, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Chris Carter Screenwriter: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley Genre: Drama, Mystery, T...
Though it was hinted that her two-episode guest stint on THE X-FILES might become a recurring character, Lucy Lawless says she won't be coming back any time soon.While talking to TV Guide, Lawless addressed the possibility of her return on the series, say...
While it made big announcements concerning original programming for the next few years, the Sci-Fi channel also made news by revealing it has bought the rights for all nine years, 202 episodes of THE X-FILES. The deal, part of an ambitious move to make it...
While talking to the NEW YORK POST about ending THE X-FILES after nine seasons, series creator Chris Carter said David Duchovny would like to return to the series in its final hours."David was open to it and now the (legal and logistical) complication of ...
Popular X-FILES writer John Shiban has already found his post-FILES gig, now that the show is ending after nine seasons. Where's he going? Space.Shiban has signed on as the newest writer for the STAR TREK prequel series ENTERPRISE.In an interview about th...
Chris Carter has signed a deal to stay on board THE X-FILES for one more season. He will continue as the showrunner working alongside executive producers, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban.Regarding the deal, Fox Broadcasting prez Gail Berman...
In the May issue of CINESCAPE magazine, X-FILES agent Gillian Anderson is joining in on the reflection on and mad flurry of work to finish the last hours of the show. "It's the end and it brings with it many different feelings and emotions," Anderson tol...
Last Sunday`s episode of The X-Files was its biggest night since its season premiere.The episode `Per Manum` in which Agent Scully`s pregnancy is center stage won Fox its highest adults 18-49 demo score (8.7 rating/19 share), according to preliminary numb...
Annabeth Gish has been talking, briefly, about her new regular role of FBI special agent Monica Reyes on the coming ninth season of THE X-FILES.While talking to the New York Daily News, Gish spoke of her charcater on the series, saying, "She's a little hi...
Cary Elwes (THE PRINCESS BRIDE, TWISTER, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE) is the latest addition to the cast of THE X-FILES as the program roles into its ninth season. Elwes is set to play the role of FBI assistant director Brad Follmer, who also happens to be the ...
THE X-FILES executive producer Frank Spotnitz says that his series will be affected by the tragic events of September 11th, though it certainly won't be overt.While talking to TV Guide, Spotnitz spoke of the effects on the series, saying, "I don't think i...
After last season’s disaster I didn’t know what to expect from season five of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Right away I was annoyed with the new character Dawn. She was just dropped into the series at the end of season four as if ...
It's getting really ugly now, folks (as if it wasn't ugly enough)...The WGA have now filed charges against the AMPTP with the National Labor Relations Board. The move came with a message from the WGA negotiators after AMPTP walked away from the table last...
I haven’t read any of the popular novels that this series is based on but the premise had me intrigued back when the series was first announced. I felt that the elements of traditional crime scene investigation of the series might be an app...
According to this article at Video Business, Musicland (parent company of now closed Media Play and still operating Sam Goody and Suncoast stores) has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it seeks to reorganize and restructure. This is a very ...
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It's been a while since I reported on how the consumer electronics and Hollywood giants had allied to push Digital Video Disks as the new and improved way to watch home entertainment. Now industry analysts report t...
What They SayTrouble usually comes in threes, and Tachibana Tsukasa\'s just received his full share! Not only is he about to take his final graduation exams for the third time, but he\'s also being plagued by horrible nightmares of his own impending death...
... Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies Matt Hurwitz (Insight Editions) $49.95
The Complete X-Files is a declassified look at all nine seasons of the American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning science fiction tel...
I’m pretty obsessive when it comes to viewing television series on DVD. By the nature of my job I have to jump around a bit from one product to another but typically I’ll have a TV on DVD box set filling the gaps of free time. I can do a sing...
So I went outta town over the weekend and I took the second season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER with me on the trip. After season one I was excited to dive into season two. The first season wasn't perfect. It had a few episodes that crashed and burned a...
...ns of THE X-FILES as well as showrunners for the second season of Chris Carter's MILLENNIUM.The DARKWATCH game follows the adventures of a clandestine group that battles evil forces in the old west. The game's main character is a fellow named Jericho C...
According to an interview with David Duchovny, a sequel to THE X-FILES movie is "definitely happening." The Moviehole website reports straight from the actor's mouth that franchise creator Chris Carter has an idea for the second X-FILES movie and Duchovny...
While speaking with Variety about the upcoming DVD releases of his MILLENNIUM and HARSH REALM TV shows, X-FILES creator Chris Carter also mentioned what was happening with the progress on a second movie featuring FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. "Fr...
X-FILES star David Duchovny will lend his voice talents to Midway Games upcoming first person shooter AREA 51. Joining Duchovny will be Powers Boothe (DEADWOOD) and goth rocker Marilyn Manson.Duchovny will voice the character of Specialist Ethan Cole, the...
Gillian Anderson, who currently lives in London, recently talked with Newsday about her career and another X-FILES film.In regards to sequel, Anderson said, "Eventually there will be, we hope there is going to be."She also noted, "The longer we wait, the ...
Hollywood's major movie studios filed a new round of lawsuits across against people who trade illegally copied films and TV shows on the Internet. The civil suits against unnamed "John Doe" defendants seek up to $150,000 per downloaded digital file. The s...
Green Arrow, enjoying a renaissance even beyond Kevin Smith's stint as writer, get his first SECRET FILES special in October. Highlights of the 64-page special include: * In the lead story, written by Judd Winick with art by Diego Barreto and Robin Rigg...
Even the most dedicated fan boy can never catch every genre series when it airs on TV. You'd think it wouldn't be difficult because until recently there weren't that many sc-fi/fantasy/horror TV series out there. Somehow though back in the old days I mi...
The Fox TV network has released three more images from the coming two-part ninth season opener of THE X-FILES. They've also released individual portrait shots of the program's cast: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi, James Pic...
The Fox TV network has released images from the coming ninth season opener of THE X-FILES. The two parter's story, titled "Nothing Important" and "Nothing Happening", guest stars Lucy Lawless as Shannon McMahon. As the ninth season begins, the miracle of ...
20th Century Fox has begun negotiations with Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz for a second X-FILES feature film.Though it has been assumed that it will happen for some time, no director or cast has been set for the project, which is just beginning to come ...
The Fox TV network has released images from two upcoming episode of THE X-FILES.The images are from the episodes titled "Daemonicus" and "Hellbound," which are scheduled to air on December 2nd and 9th, respectively.Click on the thumbnails here and below t...
Frank Spotnitz has been talking about how THE X-FILES as we knew it has, more or less, come to end while launching a new beginning.While talking to CINESCAPE's Melissa J. Perenson, Spotnitz spoke of the end, of sorts, saying, "I do think that last season'...
Chris Carter has been talking briefly about his plans for the second X-FILES movie.While talking to E! Online, Carter revealed that he had already been in talks with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson regarding the second feature film. Carter notes, "The...
When the ninth season of THE X-FILES starts up next month, not only will the series be minus David Duchovny, but ex-XENA Lucy Lawless will be making the first of two scheduled guest appearances. While talking to Ian Spelling's Inside Trek & Sci Fi syn...
Frank Spotnitz has been talking about the plans for the ninth season of THE X-FILES.Spotnitz discusses the program's leads, all three of them. He starts by settling any talk of Gillian Anderson only being part-time in the series, saying, "We have full-tim...
XFiles executive producer Frank Spotnitz is talking about the latest additions to the cast of the series, Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish...as well as what may lie ahead for a potential ninth seaon. While talking to Melissa Perenson at Horror Online, Spo...
Episode: `Salvage` Airdate: January 14, 2001 Credits:Agent Dana Scully: Gillian AndersonAgent John Doggett: Robert PatrickRay Pearce: Wade Andrew WilliamsNora Pearce: Jennifer ParsonsCurt Delario: Scott MacDonaldHarry O`Dell: Dan DesmondLarina Jackson:...
In the blustery streets of downtown Chicago Harry Dresden once again comes to life, battling demons and walking the tight rope of supernatural politics in Jim Butcher’s latest urban fantasy escapade.
Following the events of White Night, paranormal ...
During the TCA gathering in Los Angeles this week, Fox big shot Sandy Grushow took questions regarding what lies ahead for THE X-FILES.When asked about what would bring Chris Carter back for one more season, Grushow would only say, cryptically, "I'm not g...
It looks like you had better get used to the idea that FBI agent Dana Scully is also a working mother. According to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, the program is now looking to hire twin sets of babies to play the part of Scully...
Annabeth Gish has been talking about her X-FILES role of FBI Agent Monica Reyes, and the character's contribution to the evolving TV program.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Gish spoke of her character, whose beli...
As expected, Gillian Anderson seems to be thinking of THE X-FILES' upcoming 9th season as also being her last on the series.While talking to the London Sunday Times, the actress explained why she's looking at finally leaving the program, saying, "For the ...
So, it all ends here with season seven of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I must say I entered this season with the most trepidation; not out of concern that the season would be bad but that after this season ended there would be no more episodes to w...
Anybody who was surprised to see Joss Whedon writing one of the best comics being put out by “the House of Ideas” or Marvel Comics for those not in the know, must not have seen Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I haven’t talked about t...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
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Well there is good new and bad news for fans of Harry Dresden. The good news is that the complete first season of the Sci-Fi Channel TV show is now on DVD. The bad news is that it looks like it will be the ONLY season on DVD. The dim-witted...
Annabeth Gish knows quite well that the current season of THE X-FILES hasn't been doing as well in the ratings this year as in previous seasons.While talking to SCIFI.COM, Gish spoke of the current season's ratings, saying, "It is disappointing when you w...
A decade after the original theatrical version hit theaters and nearly 6 years after the show ended, the long awaited X-FILES sequel has an official production date set. Diva at CS! reports that director (and series creator) Chris Carter will begin lensin...
OK, let me just get this out of the way; what the hell happened? Season one was good but not amazing, season two was fantastic, and season three was some of the best TV on DVD. Now we get to season four and the whole thing is a big mess.&n...
While attending the Critics' Choice Awards held two days ago, actor David Duchovny spilled to USA Today some new secrets about the storyline for the second X-FILES movie. The dark-haired actor told the paper that the sequel will be a stand-alone story not...
If you needed any further proof that maybe this season is a good time to wrap up THE X-FILES before it begins to parody its own parodies, here it is: Chris Carter has written an episode in which Burt Reynolds may play God.In an interview with ENTERTAINMEN...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE Editor in Chief Anthony C. Ferrante, X-FILES co-executive producer and scribe John Shiban discussed the recent announcement that creator Chris Carter had decided to make this season the show's last."Ultimately, it ...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE magazine, X-FILES executive producer Frank Spotnitz reveals that this weekend's episode, "Provenance," is the first installment of two which delve deeper into the mystery of Scully's baby and ties the present mytho...
This is the third in a series by Cussler and Kemprecos starring Kurt Austin and his trusty sidekick, Joe Zavala. Yes, there are similarities to Dirk Pitt and Al Giordano in Cussler's original series, but Cussler and Kemprecos shake it up enough so that yo...
Former X-FILES producer/writer Frank Spotnitz has two new TV shows in development, both with genre angles to them.IQ is set up at CBS, a murder mystery series with a unique (and top secret) twist to it. All Spotnitz would say of IQ's protagonist is that t...
Video game developer/distributor The 3DO Company has filed for bankruptcy protection. The makers of the HIGH HEAT baseball and ARMY MEN franchises state that development will continue on previously announced titles like THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPS...
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTIC FOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co...
...ne on THE X-FILES, but either don't have the seasoned DVDs or don't want to skim through them looking for references. Well, that's what the X-FILES MYTHOLOGY series is all about, and the second volume (see below) is out this week. Short of cash because...
A few weeks ago, Funimation began their digital downloads program, offering complete anime series for download for the low price of $1.99 an episode. The first title made available in entirety was Black Blood Brothers, though others have followed alo...
Sex has long been a controversial subject in popular comics. I've thought about how comic creators and publishers approach sex and women, in particular. Never a dull subject to be sure, I'll try to keep this week's COMICSCAPE as tasteful as possible and s...
No one tires of arguing about the future, even comic readers. Though we often find ourselves embroiled in the latest round of delays, controversy, and creator antics, in the back of every fan's mind looms a storm that won't veer to the east and leave us ...
THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter is currently toiling with his team on the conclusion of the cult series turned pop culture phenomenon, but he had a few spare moments to look back on the season that provided the mythology connection between the TV show an...
If you've already seen X2, you know that there's a scene where Mystique hacks into Stryker's computer files. During these moments there's a quick shot of a computer screen listing the names of known mutants. Fans of the X-MEN comic book will recognize s...
...reate THE X-FILES, the single most influential television show of the decade. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but all imitators just didn’t have the creative strength to follow Mulder and Scully’s act. Carter proved that even he couldn...
THE OTHERS by Frederick C. Szebin (Fri 02-04-2000)
...ch as THE X-FILES did during its first season. In the second episode, ‘1112’, a young mother has lost her husband and three-month-old son in a car accident, and her grief causes her to hold the entire incident against the baby, whose early morning ...
Sector 7 now has a new password seen in the new trailer, codeblack. The site has a new video of Gravesen briefing Simmons and audio and image files. There are images of anti Sector Seven websites and audio files. While I have not yet listened to the files...
...ship, THE X-FILES, may be heading toward the reef by springtime, a destination it should have hit a season ago. In this highly-touted Fox series, Army Lt. Thomas Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) is all set to marry sweetheart Sofie Green (Samantha Mathis) w...
For the past 30 years millions of STAR TREK fans all over the world have faithfully watched 79 episodes of the original 1960s TV series in reruns and videotapes in a seemingly perpetual loop. There are hardcore fans today who can tell you, from a single l...
...LUES, THE X-FILES, and 24 came to feature evolving characters and long form narratives that escaped the confines of the network hour. Most people will agree this was a great thing. It left the standalone story for the casual viewer, but gave the dedica...
...ed on The X-Files, and they were very familiar with Mark Snow’s music, which is very atmospheric, and they knew that they didn’t want that - they wanted something you could really touch and feel more. They wanted a lot of emotion in the ...
What They SayA secret society\'s conjured up the spirit of an ancient demon, and they mean to set it loose on Meg. And if that\'s not enough, a dangerous giant bird preys on young girls and snatches up Meg before Jo\'s very eyes!
A secret weapon injected...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by: Seimaru Amagi Art by: Tetsuya KoshibaTranslated by:Haruko FurukawaAdapted by:What They SayA serial murderer is on the loose, someone who dresses up as a clown...a killer clown.
Officer Kurumi Ayaki reporting. Due t...