not "ensure" another movie would be made, but thought the international box office for the 2008 film made it at least a theoretical possibility. In an interview published in August 2012, Spotnitz said he was talking up the idea of an X-Files movie every chance he got, but that there was still nothing happening on that front, and that time was running very short for a third movie concluding the original X-Files franchise to be made at all. He blamed the poor performance of the 2008 film on the fact that it was not about aliens. Speaking at San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013, Carter, when asked about a third film, was extremely noncommittal, indicating there was still no forward movement, and saying, "We can get to it later." In August 2013, Carter said, in an interview with Empire, that "It's really up to 20th Century Fox, whether they have the will to do it. I think all of us are interested in putting the band back together", adding that a third installment would be a return to the mythology and that the colonisation date of the television series would not be ignored. In March 2015, it was confirmed that there would be a six-episode miniseries on Fox, featuring Duchovny, Anderson, and some other members of the original cast, which would have both standalone and mythology elements. In April 2017, it was announced the series would return with a ten-episode eleventh season which premiered on January 3, 2018. See also References External links I Want to Believe 2008 films 2000s science fiction thriller films 20th Century Fox films Dune Entertainment films American detective films American science fiction thriller films American sequel films Canadian science fiction thriller films Canadian sequel films English-language Canadian films Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films scored by Mark Snow Films based on television series Films set in Virginia Films set in Washington, D.C. Films set in West Virginia Films shot in Vancouver Films about organ transplantation American supernatural thriller films Occult detective fiction 2008 directorial debut films Films directed by Chris Carter 2000s English-language films 2000s American films