Hi Frank,

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the official, in-continuity X-Files: Season 10 comic book being executive produced by Chris Carter and published by IDW Publishing including the return of several important franchise characters!

With all the buzz about this new comic book series, I was wondering whether you are going to be involved at all. Any possibility of you guest writing an issue or an arc (Monster of the Week or Mythology) within Season 10?

All the best,

Justin

New York City

P.S. A gallery of the variant covers for the premiere issue are showcased on the IDW tumblr?

Justin, never say never, but I have no plans to contribute to the series at the moment. I’m excited to read them, though!

Just wanted to pass along for fans that La La Land Records will be releasing a Volume 2 of X-Files music, planned for July 30, 2013. Just received an e-mail this morning from them but no further details were provided.

Thanks,

Matt

Dear Mr Spotnitz,

I would like to say how enjoyable I still find watching The Lone Gunmen.

The show to me deserved a second season.

Do yourself and Chris Carter ever intend to bring the Lone Gunmen back from the dead? ( e.g. like Mulder in The X-Files Season 8: “Deadalive”)

I also enjoyed the additions of Jimmy Bond and Yves Harlow, perhaps they could somehow be Mulder and Scully’s new friends if the Lone Gunmen remain dead?

Yours Sincerely,

Lee

United Kingdom

Thanks, Lee. I can’t say anything about what would or wouldn’t be in another movie, but I have very fond memories of that series and I’m delighted you’re still enjoying it.

Just recently, David Duchovny went on Leno and called for all X-Files fans to send 20th Century Fox a letter requesting the greenlight for X-Files 3.

Paper mail would seem to be the most effective way to show our support. So for those of you who missed the interview, this was our call-to-arms from Mulder himself!

My life will not feel complete until I know how it all goes down and I know you all feel the same!

Let’s really make this happen! D.G.U.

Evan

Texas

hi there,

my name is natice and i live in germany. i just want to tell you that i have started a campaign to make fox give a green light for xf3.

the campaign will be a chain-letter, which will be sent by postage around the whole world to all the philes, who are joining the event.

of course i will write a letter to fox. and together with this letter the list with the adresses will be in that envelope, so every phile can see the next phile who has to get it next.

i collect their adresses on facebook or via mail and i have more than 100 so far. i have adresses from philes in usa, uk, germany, italy, france, spain, portugal, czech rep., poland, russia, belarus, belgium, ireland, danmark, india, indonesia, chile, south africa, new zealand, australia, honduras, brazil, phillipines, israel, canada, bangladesh and some more…

maybe you have some space on your website biglight.com to tell about this campaign? because it would be helpful, if media talks about that?? and of course i will try to make this popular to make sure that the letter will go on its journey and reach fox at last. i am a little bit afraid that the letter will be lost on his journey. but i won’t give up! if this should happen i will start a second chain-letter.

here is the link to the event.

thank you so much and don’t give up!!!

natice (aka enn havisham)

thank you for reading and greetings from germany

Dearest Frank,

I just read about your plans to go to Graz. I’m so thrilled that you have all these appointments (teaching and conference) around Europe!

They all sound very intersting (as in exchange of ideas and discourse). I hope you have a good time while travelling and meeting new people. =)

I am writing to you because yesterday I watched BBC’s The Hour for the first time.

It’s been having its premiere on the German-French network “Arte” this week (too late!).

And I instantly loved the two main characters. They DID remind me of Mulder (newspaper clippings!, “pissing people off” ) and Scully in a way (though of course they are very different, but in their working attitude and morals…).

And I was so sure that you and Chris would like them!!? Especially Bel!

Did you maybe watch/like it?

Also, tell Chris that this Oliver Stone (as controversial as some of his statements might be) interview and his book reminded me of him? Among other things, he talks about how the Nixon era influenced his work.

Your and Chris’ work are still an inspiration for me while following my studies in history. I always remember the way Perla summarized the philosophy of The X-Files at the time when we were all connecting due to the IWTB excitement. “You must believe in the ability for you to chose the right path. [...] Fight what others say you will be. Fight what you think you can only have…” – you know, and so on.

Of course what Perla said about everyone being a sceptic and a believer is still valid today. And even though I must say that I am not actively looking forward to a third movie anymore, I still think The X-Files carried so much depth with it by dealing with these themes of doubt and belief. And I do miss Mulder showing us that it maybe doesn’t pay off to keep looking, but that it’s still “the right thing to do” (IWTB).

“You’re in the basement because they know they could drop you in the middle of a desert and tell you the truth is out there and you’d ask them for a shovel.”

Scully: “Why would I accept defeat? Why would I accept it, if you won’t? Mulder, you say that you’ve failed, but you only fail if you give up. And I know you – you can’t give up. It’s what I saw in you when we first met. It’s what made me follow you… why I’d do it all over again.”

Mulder: “And look what it’s gotten you.”

Scully: “And what has it gotten you? Not your sister. Nothing that you’ve set out for. But you won’t give up, even now. ”

And there seem to be so many reasons to give in and — what we call “resignieren” in German — turn passive in the face of world events/developments.

Oh, this turned out so much longer than I intended. But I guess the “Missing Mulder” quotes just forced themselve upon me.

I hope you don’t mind me writing to you to ask you about someone else’s TV show !

Also, I will attach two other links on literature that made me think of you.

Kindest regards from Germany,

Ulrike

The Hour: Meet FREDDIE (Ben Whishaw)

The Hour: Meet BEL (Romola Garai)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/07/british-writers-surveillance-smith-review

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9900733/Top-20-books-they-tried-to-ban.html

Thanks for the lovely e-mail and the links, Ulrike. I am indeed familiar with The Hour, which was produced by my Hunted partners at Kudos Film and TV, and I thought it was excellent!

Hi Frank,

I’m a big fan of your work and check your website quite frequently. I was wondering if you heard about the Kickstarter that Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell started for their proposed Veronica Mars movie. They asked fans to contribute on their Kickstarter site and hit the $1 million mark in less than four hours. Can we please get a Kickstarter going for The X-Files 3? I know for a fact that millions of fans would be eager to donate their cash if they knew there was a potential to get closure to the X-Files legacy, myself included.

Thank you!

Matty

New Hampshire

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Hello,

I am hoping you might be able to lend an insider’s opinion on something.

There’s been talk on the reddit sub /r/xfiles about making a Kickstarter for The X-Files. Do you think that raising money from fans would help sway Fox to greenlight it? How much money would need to be raised to change their mind about a third movie?

Thanks for any insight.

Julie

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Hello Mr. Spotnitz!

As a huge fan of The X-Files, I am totally behind the Reddit-supported idea of a kickstarter for a third X-Files movie. I would love to see this happen. There are many of us regular folks out there who are willing to pitch in however we can to help.

And of course I wanted to thank you for creating my favorite show of all time. The Scully character means a lot to me especially, as she inspired me recently to go back to college at the age of 35 and study to become a Pathologist. By bringing The X-Files to life, you changed the life path of this one person.

Regards,

Brooke

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Just joining the bandwagon in saying that we should do an XF3 kickstarter!!

Audrey

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Can we do this Frank?! WE NEED ANOTHER X-FILES MOVIE!!!

Lisa

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Dear Frank Spotnitz,

Veronica Mars just hit 1 million in less than four hours for their movie kickstarter and I was just wondering how we can get an X-Files 3 kickstarter going? I would be willing to donate money and see the series get the closure it deserves.

Thank You,

Stephen

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Hello Frank,

No I haven’t given up. Just a little disenchanted with the powers that be.

You know the people at Fox who have yet to look at you and Chris Carter, and Gillian, David, Mitch, and say MAKE IT SO THESE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE US ALONE!!!

I haven’t written in a while because of my disenchantment with them. Okay, so here’s what I thinking.

A while ago I suggested if the studios issue was the actual funding behind the movie that we the Philes do our own funding.

Have you heard? Veronica Mars fans raised over their goal in 24 hours.

We are Philes, what do you think would happen if we did crowd funding?

What do you think we could raise in twenty-four hours?

I think we’d get a green light, and I would say since there would be lots of profit, let’s do some good and donate all that we can to a variety of charities, an equal portion to each persons favorite charity. Yours, Chris’s, Gillian’s, David’s…

You understand where I’m going with this.

Beth

PS. Still hoping not giving up and ready with the check book!

Wow! There’s been quite an outpouring of excitement and enthusiasm these past few days over the idea of launching a Kickstarter campaign for X-Files 3. The idea is not new, of course, but the evident success of the Veronica Mars campaign has understandably given it new life. 

I have no doubt the passion and devotion of Philes would result in a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. I wish I could say I believed that would lead to a greenlight for X-Files 3, but I don’t. At least not at this point in time.

I am only speaking for myself, of course, not for Chris Carter or 20th Century Fox. If my assessment changes, I will let you know. And I’ll be the first one to contribute.

Until then, Don’t Give Up!

Hi Frank!

I’m not writing to ask about X-Files 3 but want to talk about another movie : X-Philes: They Wanted to Believe.

We are two French X-Philes, Roxane and I, Thomas and we are making a documentary about The X-Files and its fandom.

This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the show so we would like to celebrate this anniversary with this documentary.

Here is our first trailer.

Our documentary is a co-funded project. If you would like to help us fund it go to our Ulule page.

It is very simple, with a minimum of 5 euros, you can take part in the funding and help to realise the documentary!

This project will only be funded if at least 2,500 € is collected before March 27, 2013. We are already 29% funded which is FANTASTIC!!

Fans from all horizons, American, English, French, Canadian, Italian, German, Indian, Chile, Germany… long time or new fans, all will be gathered in front of the camera to share their passion.

Punctuated with TV show specialists and fan interviews, the documentary They Wanted to Believe will be a trip to the heart of the biggest series of all times. Emotions, memories but also open-hearted testimonies of this documentary will make this documentary a proof of the eternal cultural impact The X-Files had during so many years.

You can follow us on our website and Facebook page.

If you want to take part to the documentary follow the instructions here or contact us here.

You can download our questionnaire here with this password: badlaa.

We don’t give up :)

Thomas

Frank,

I believe that years ago, I read something in which Chris Carter said the writers had briefly considered giving the series finale a “shocking” ending but abandoned the idea.

Do you remember what that proposed ending was?

Did it involve:

1. Killing off Mulder and Scully?

2. Discovering that the Cigarette-Smoking Man was actually the good guy all along and Mulder and Scully had inadvertently been helping the aliens?

3. Revealing that Scully is actually Mulder’s abducted sister?

Name withheld

I don’t remember the shocking ending that Chris was referring to, but I’m fairly certain we never considered Options 1 or 3. As for Option 2, I think you could make a pretty good argument that is indeed the story we told. The Cigarette-Smoking Man certainly saw it that way.