New X-Files Movie to stay true to original

The creative core of the upcoming X-Files sequel is dropping some hints about what fans can expect. The popular TV series, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as paranormal investigating FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, aired on Fox from 1993 to 2002. The film hit the big screen for the first time in 1998 with The X-Files: Fight the Future. The sequel is due July 25th.

Speaking Wednesday (March 26th) at the William S. Paley Television Festival in Hollywood, series creator Chris Carter, who also directs the new movie, says the show's alien conspiracy subplot won't be part of the plot this time, although there is a reference to Scully's seemingly supernatural son, born in season eight and later given up for adoption.

Writer Frank Spotnitz says the new installment is "true to everything that's come before. It's true to Mulder and Scully, who they are and where they would be this point in their lives and all of the experiences that they've had."

Carter, who sued Fox in 2005 over profits from the franchise and eventually settled the case, says he's not at liberty to reveal the title of the new film. He explains, "I know what I want it to be, but Fox has some ideas of their own."