At TCA, Fox CEO Dana Walden revealed a little something about the much-anticipated next season of the re-booted X-Files. Sadly for fans though, she did not elaborate on whether the show would feature Mulder and Scully’s son, telling reporters, “You’ve met Chris Carter, would be be happy about me talking about where the mythology goes? I can’t do that.”
However, Walden was happy to say, “Everyone’s seen the first script and it’s excellent. It’s a very good starting place for the show and we’re excited about the next installment.” This was in response to questions about the muted response to the first season of the re-boot. Walden did not agree that there reaction had been a negative one. It’s hard because I don’t want to say they were disappointing because we got a lot of positive feedback as well and clearly 15M plus viewers per episode,” she said. “Chris is really excited about doing a new round of episodes and there is certainly no reason for him to have to do it, he’s wildly successful and it wasn’t about the money. He had real hunger and enthusiasm to come and do new episodes. I know he’s really excited about it.”
Walden remained tight-lipped about whether the new season will pick up where the last finale left off. “I can’t say,” she said, “but we just got the script in so I don’t want to give any spoilers out.”
Fox Exec Dana Walden: New Season ‘X-Files’ Script Is “Excellent”–TCA
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