X-Files 2 Starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny

MoviesOnline had the pleasure of sitting down this past weekend with David Duchovy and Gillian Anderson to talk to them about their new movie, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The long-anticipated, new motion picture based on the phenomenally popular, award-winning series The X-Files reunites the series stars under the direction of series creator Chris Carter, who co-wrote the screenplay with Frank Spotnitz.

The filmmakers made the decision to shoot The X-Files: I Want to Believe where it all began - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which served as the series' home base for its first five years. "Vancouver is where we first succeeded," states Carter. "I think that if there are ten things to credit with the success of The X-Files, then Vancouver ranks near the top of that list."

The supernatural thriller is a stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits. T

After ten long years since the first film - and six years since the close of the series - Carter and Spotnitz felt the time was right for a new The X-Files movie, not only to provide the show's legions of fans with a new case for Mulder and Scully, but to introduce a new generation to these characters already beloved by millions. "It has struck me over the last several years, talking to college-age kids, that many of them really don't know the show," says Carter. "A twenty-year-old today would have been too young when the show debuted [16 years ago]. So there's a whole new audience for The X-Files. And this film was made to satisfy them, as well as our longtime fans."