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"X-Files" Back...with Duchovny
After slipping dangerously toward that other dimension known as cancellation, Fox announced today its quirky sci-fi staple The X-Files will indeed return for an eighth season on the network.
And Fox Mulder with it, E! Online has learned.
Although Fox has refused to comment on the biggest remaining X-File--whether the show's paranoid lead G-Man, David Duchovny, would also be back--sources say he will reprise his role as FBI Agent Fox Mulder for a handful of episodes next fall. (The typical season runs 22 episodes.)
Duchovny's X-Files future remained especially dicey following his $25 million legal run-in with Fox last year over claims they cheated him out of lucrative syndication profits. Negotiations with the actor have gone down to the wire, with the 39-year-old Duchovny also asking for more cash and a less taxing work week if he were to return to the series.
A Fox rep says only that negotiations with Duchovny are ongoing. Fox is set to unveil its fall lineup in New York Thursday.
Still, the show's return was enough to draw cheers from its devoted followers, who once again will see Gillian Anderson reprise her role as agent Dana Scully (she's signed on through next season), and X-Files executive producer Carter back at the helm.
Though filming was hauled from Vancouver to Los Angeles at Duchovny's request, Carter says shooting will continue in Los Angeles. Carter adds that he would have figured out a way to write around Duchovny's disappearance, but he would have preferred not to.
"My contract connects me to the show for another season," Carter says. "I've agreed to do it either way," with or without Duchovny.
As part of the deal, Carter also will have the anticipated X-Files spinoff, The Lone Gunmen, ready for Fox's midseason schedule next year.
Meanwhile, the show remains a critical and commercial success. It has drawn an average of 12.9 million viewers this season, remaining a strong presence in Fox's Sunday night lineup in spite of being one of the network's most costly series to produce.
By returning for the fall, Fox will be able to send off The X-Files with the proper hype, and resolution. Until today, there seemed a good chance the show might just disappear after the season-ending cliffhanger next Sunday, leaving loyal fans in the lurch.
Despite today's announcement, there's still no official word on whether the show will, as has often been rumored, be spun off into a movie franchise à la Star Trek, or whether Duchovny would star in future big-screen X-Files.
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