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pica...@yahoo.com

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Jan 22, 2003, 3:32:09 PM1/22/03
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From: http://www.geos.tv/index.php/article/geos/564

Anderson on X-Files movie franchise
Monday, 20th January 2003
While appearing recently on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Gillian
Anderson presented a positive outlook for the future of the X-Files
movies. When asked by host Sue Lawley about the series, Gillian seemed
to break with her recent habit of trying to play down the show
(indeed, she seemed slightly annoyed that Lawley's research was so bad
that she had no idea that not only had Mulder and Scully become more
than friends, they'd actually had a baby). Anderson then raised the
future of the franchise and said that she would really like to do not
just one but several films: she even talked enthusiastically about
going back every couple of years to re-visit the character and really
establishing the X-Files as an on-going cinematic concern.

Source: Dark Horizons

Morten

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Jan 23, 2003, 5:15:04 PM1/23/03
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GREAT NEWS...

I think it's more likely the movie will come out than not. Pay no heat to
the pessimists

/Morten


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GrandCanyonGrphs

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Jan 25, 2003, 6:27:31 PM1/25/03
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Do you really think she's going to go on TV and say "X-Files? Screw that. I am
done."

Movie could be possible but its not a good sign that 1013 closed its offices at
FOX.

Bosco

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Jan 25, 2003, 8:37:58 PM1/25/03
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Actually she was on the radio. If she was not interested in doing
another movie she could have downplayed the possibility without saying
screw the X-Files. She has consistently said ever since the show
ended, that she was very interested in doing another movie or even a
series of movies.

Doesn't mean it will happen of course.


WG...@webtv.net

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Jan 25, 2003, 11:16:44 PM1/25/03
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GA may be interested in making another X-FIle movie, but is anyone else
interested in Funding one? I do not think there is a studio out there
willing to take a chance on a movie that may, or may not, "Bomb" at the
box office! After the last season of the TV show, and the dismal ratings
it got. I would be surprised if any studio would take on the project.
No, I do not see another X-FIle movie any time soon. Now a studio may be
willing to take a chance on a made for TV X-FIle movie, but even that,
is a long shot!


marlene steinberg

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Jan 26, 2003, 1:41:14 PM1/26/03
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<WG...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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But the last two seasons didn't have Mulder and Scully together. I think
that will make a big difference.

Marlene


WG...@webtv.net

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Jan 26, 2003, 4:24:48 PM1/26/03
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Yes, but the finale (The Truth) had Mulder, and Scully together, and
that show got "less" then steller ratings. In fact Mulder and Scully
were in a few episodes together in seasons 8&9, and the ratings only
showed a slight upward spike.
So if a studio only had that to go on, I do not think they would "Green
Light" a new X-File movie. No I think the chances of CC coming out with
a brand new TV show, are better, then the chances of a new X-File
movie, being made!


marlene steinberg

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Jan 26, 2003, 5:18:16 PM1/26/03
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<WG...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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The finale did ok in the ratings. When Mulder came back to the show the
ratings did go up, but after all M & S were really not in it all that much.
It was more Doggett and Reyes then Mulder and Scully except for the finale.

Marlene


Michele Lellouche

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Jan 26, 2003, 5:33:11 PM1/26/03
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WG...@webtv.net wrote:
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> Yes, but the finale (The Truth) had Mulder, and Scully together, and
> that show got "less" then steller ratings.

On against the Survivor finale and a Cosby Show reunion. That's a very
bad comparison.

And if they're making a sequel to Undercover Brother? They'll make an XF
movie. Because XF still sells DVDs and plays well worldwide. Remember,
the first Austin Powers movie only grossed about $44 mil at the
boxoffice but did gangbusters in home video. That's the audience Fox is
counting on. You want something familiar that can be easily promoted.

Michele

Tara

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Jan 28, 2003, 11:58:11 AM1/28/03
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:33:11 GMT, Michele Lellouche <md...@attbi.com>
wrote:

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>And if they're making a sequel to Undercover Brother? They'll make an XF
>movie.


Shit, if they made a movie about a *rapping kangaroo* they'll make
anything.


Tara-----Super!Bitch

Bosco

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Jan 30, 2003, 9:05:48 PM1/30/03
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WG...@webtv.net wrote:
> GA may be interested in making another X-FIle movie, but is anyone else
> interested in Funding one? I do not think there is a studio out there
> willing to take a chance on a movie that may, or may not, "Bomb" at the
> box office!


Are you serious? Every movie that gets made may or may not bomb. Every
movie is a gamble. There is no such thing as a sure thing in the movie
business. If studios only made movies that had no risk, they'd never
make another movie.

Northdue

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Jan 31, 2003, 4:39:01 AM1/31/03
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>Are you serious? Every movie that gets made may or may not bomb. Every
>movie is a gamble. There is no such thing as a sure thing in the movie
>business. If studios only made movies that had no risk, they'd never
>make another movie.
>
>

Exactly. And while I've read all these arguments about why a new film should
or shouldn't be made, I keep reading about whether there's 'a demand for it'
and if there isn't it shouldn't be made.

Surely there's no 'demand' for 99% of the films that are made *while* they're
being made, but films are still being churned out, so what makes an X-Files
film any different?

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