The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Alex Diakun, Nicki Aycox, Fagin Woodcock, Marco Niccoli, Xantha Radley, Carrie Ruscheinsky, Spencer Maybee, Mitch Pileggi, Patrick Keating, Stephen E. Miller, Lorena GaleDirector: Chris Carter
Writers: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Producers: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
Executive Producer: Brent O'Connor
Art Direction: Tony Wohlgemuth
Casting: Heike Brandstatter , Mindy Marin, Coreen Mayrs
Costume Design: Lisa Tomczeszyn
D.O.P.: Bill Roe
Editor: Richard A. Harris
Production Design: Mark S. Freeborn
Set Decoration: Shirley Inget
When a group of women are abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia, the only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway.
With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest's questionable visions send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women's disappearance. Its a case right out of The X-Files.
But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it.
With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest's questionable visions send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women's disappearance. Its a case right out of The X-Files.
But the FBI closed down its investigations into the paranormal years ago. And the best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (master), HDCAM SR (source)
Filming Locations: Vancouver, Canada
Film Negative Format: 35mm
Production Budget: $30 million
Production Companies: Crying Box Productions, 1013 Productions, 20th Century Fox
Production Schedule: 10th December 2007 - 15th March 2008
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (master), HDCAM SR (source)
Filming Locations: Vancouver, Canada
Film Negative Format: 35mm
Production Budget: $30 million
Production Companies: Crying Box Productions, 1013 Productions, 20th Century Fox
Production Schedule: 10th December 2007 - 15th March 2008
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
An unjustified, unnecessary and frankly uninteresting coda to one of the great sci-fi franchises of modern times, the new 'X-Files' movie doesn't rekindle...
It may be one of the summer's most anticipated films of the year, at least for ardent fans of the Emmy winning TV series. The movie's title, I Want to Believe...
- In November 2001, the creators of the TV series The X-Files decided to pursue a second feature film adaptation of the series. Creator Chris Carter was expected to collaborate with screenwriter Frank Spotnitz, who had co-written the first film, on a script for the follow-up.
- Production of the film was slated to begin after the completion of the ninth season, with a projected release in December 2003. In April 2002, Carter reiterated his desire and the studio's desire to do a sequel film. He planned to write the script over the summer and begin production in spring or summer 2003 for a 2004 release.
- In April 2004, actor David Duchovny explained that Carter had signed off on the premise. The following November, Carter revealed that the project was in the negotiation stage, explaining, "Because it's a sequel, there are peculiar and specific kinds of negotiations that are holding us up."
- In May 2006, Frank Spotnitz ascribed the continued delay to legal matters between Chris Carter and 20th Century Fox. By April 2007, Spotnitz confirmed that a script was finally in development.] The following October, the studio officially announced the production of the sequel film, whose premise would be kept under wraps.
- Carter, Duchovny, and 20th Century Fox, have spoken of the film as one that would stand alone and be apart from the mythology of the TV series.
- The first time Mulder and Scully enter FBI Headquarters, they stop in front of a picture of President George W. Bush and as they look at it the six-note "X-Files" theme clearly plays, the only other time the theme is heard in the film other than the opening and closing credits.
- Carter referred to the title as a "natural title", saying that it pertained to "a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. 'I Want to Believe.' It really does suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith." Carter also said that he and Spotnitz settled upon the title as soon as they started writing the screenplay.
- When Mulder and Scully first walk back into the FBI offices right before they walk into the bullpen, a female agent walks by that catches Mulder's attention and he watches her walk away. The woman is Vanessa Morley, who throughout the series played the young Samantha Mulder, and is the same Samantha in the photo Mulder has taped to the back of his home office door.
- The code name, Done One, was used as the film's working title during filming, with location signs labeled as "Done One Productions." The Directors Guild production list for British Columbia listed a project named Done One, with the director listed as Rich Tracers, an anagram of the sequel's actual director, Chris Carter..
- Production of the film was slated to begin after the completion of the ninth season, with a projected release in December 2003. In April 2002, Carter reiterated his desire and the studio's desire to do a sequel film. He planned to write the script over the summer and begin production in spring or summer 2003 for a 2004 release.
- In April 2004, actor David Duchovny explained that Carter had signed off on the premise. The following November, Carter revealed that the project was in the negotiation stage, explaining, "Because it's a sequel, there are peculiar and specific kinds of negotiations that are holding us up."
- In May 2006, Frank Spotnitz ascribed the continued delay to legal matters between Chris Carter and 20th Century Fox. By April 2007, Spotnitz confirmed that a script was finally in development.] The following October, the studio officially announced the production of the sequel film, whose premise would be kept under wraps.
- Carter, Duchovny, and 20th Century Fox, have spoken of the film as one that would stand alone and be apart from the mythology of the TV series.
- The first time Mulder and Scully enter FBI Headquarters, they stop in front of a picture of President George W. Bush and as they look at it the six-note "X-Files" theme clearly plays, the only other time the theme is heard in the film other than the opening and closing credits.
- Carter referred to the title as a "natural title", saying that it pertained to "a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. 'I Want to Believe.' It really does suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith." Carter also said that he and Spotnitz settled upon the title as soon as they started writing the screenplay.
- When Mulder and Scully first walk back into the FBI offices right before they walk into the bullpen, a female agent walks by that catches Mulder's attention and he watches her walk away. The woman is Vanessa Morley, who throughout the series played the young Samantha Mulder, and is the same Samantha in the photo Mulder has taped to the back of his home office door.
- The code name, Done One, was used as the film's working title during filming, with location signs labeled as "Done One Productions." The Directors Guild production list for British Columbia listed a project named Done One, with the director listed as Rich Tracers, an anagram of the sequel's actual director, Chris Carter..
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30 July 2008: Belgium, Egypt, France
31 July 2008: Croatia, Israel, Kuwait
1 August 2008: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, UK
7 August 2008: Netherlands, Portugal
8 August 2008: Mexico
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29 August 2008: Uruguay
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