A Reboot Is Out There

Last summer's X-Files sequel I Want to Believe served as nothing more than a sacrificial lamb to the box-office monster that was The Dark Knight. Hell, the fact that another film was made to begin with was a miracle in its own right. Nobody fucking cares about the X-Files anymore. Sorry if that comes off as too harsh. But the truth (while also being out there) hurts, folks.

Now comes word from X-Files News (via Dnevnik) that another feature-film is in the works. That is according to Agent Scully herself Gillian Anderson who reveals that another installment is being discussed and targeting a 2012 release. Normally, I'd disregard such news-items because it's coming 100% outta the mouth of someone who needs it and thus would openly talk it up. See also: Tom Arnold on True Lies 2, Vin Diesel on another Riddick film, etc.

But Bloody-Disgusting confirms (via their sources) that Scully speaks the truth. But the catch is the rumblings in question don't involve a sequel to the first two-films and cult television series. Nope, Fox is talking about rebooting the damn thing altogether. I get that hitting the reboot button is "the thing to do" right now. But the answer is fixing every troubled-franchise doesn't involve just starting over from scratch. Of course, a property like X-Files would be better left where it is at the moment - dead.

We can thank Star Trek for Fox headed in this direction.