Filming of The X-Files sequel wraps

The cast and crew of the still-untitled X-Files feature film sequel wrapped up work in Vancouver with a news conference Wednesday, a brief lifting of a curtain of secrecy that the production has maintained through three months of filming. “It's been a two-way street,” says writer-director Chris Carter.  “To tell you the truth, I would like to make the movie secretly and put it out there on July 25, have everybody get a gift they could open.” “We're not doing an exercise in nostalgia to appeal to the fans of the show,” said co-writer and producer Frank Spotnitz, “We saw this as an opportunity to introduce the characters to people who may have been too young . . . It has a reason for being, even if there'd never been a television show before.” The new story picks up with the main characters in real time, six years after the events of the series. David Duchovny, who left the series the year before it wrapped, said he always wanted The X-Files to become a feature franchise.