J.J. Abrams by Jim Spellman/WireImage.com
After a season rocked by a writers’ strike, shortened episode orders and a defecting audience, all eyes are turning to the new fall season and the hope of maybe a new hit or two reigniting the business.“I’d hope that this fall is a reset,” says Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly, kicking off his network’s portion of the TCA press tour Monday (following a performance and panel from summer smash So You Think You Can Dance; Reilly, for the record, stayed in his seat). “I believe in my heart it can be, particularly if there is a couple of new exciting shows joining the lineup or maybe some of the returning shows continue to find an audience.”Fox’s greatest hope this fall is unquestionably J.J. Abrams’ big-budget, high-concept sci-fi thriller Fringe, which Reilly and boss Peter Ligouri aggressively pursued. “We offered him a series day one. We knew the log line, that it was sort of The X-Files, Indiana Jones kind of thing. This show...
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Gillian Anderson by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images
Gillian Anderson may be about to return to the big screen, but she's also set to hit the London stage again next spring. "Scully" has signed on to play Nora in a new adaptation of Ibsen's The Doll House. Per Variety, the appearance is just the latest role for the London local on the stage there. Anderson's previous U.K. stage roles were in plays including What the Night Is For at the Comedy Theater and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball. In the meantime, us non-Londoners will get to see her in The X-Files: I Want to Believe in just a few weeks. — Anna DimondMore Anderson Files:• The Truth Is in Her: Gillian Anderson Expecting• Gillian Anderson "Too Old" for X-Files 2?• Summer Movie Marketing Hotness!
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John Shiban by Albert L. Ortega/WireImage.com
Sam Raimi (Spiderman) and Rob Tapert (The Grudge) have snagged former X-Files scribe John Shiban to exec-produce their new syndicated project, Wizard's First Rule. Shiban, who is now with the CW's Supernatural, will help adapt Terry Goodkind's series of books into a weekly TV series. Wizard's is set in a fantasy world of magic (and wizards, of course) and focuses on the Seeker, a man destined to save the world.Shiban tells Variety that much like The X-Files, "There's an overarching mythology to the series, but the job of Seeker allows him to fight evil in self-contained episodes."After spending seven years on The X Files and co-creating the short-lived spinoff, The Lone Gunmen, Shiban looks forward to making the syndie Wizard's strive for network-quality special effects and tone. "We're going to make it look huge," he said.Wizard's has been cleared for broadcast in 84 percent of the country and all top 50 markets. Nerds everywhere, rejoice! —Erin Fox
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The Wire - The Complete 5th Season courtesy HBO
New releases announced today, April 2:Birds of Prey - The Complete Series will be coming out July 15 Freakazoid! - Season 1 will be coming out July 29 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo: Get a Clue! - Volume 2 will be coming out July 8 Tiny Toon Adventures - Season 1, Volume 1 will be coming out July 29 The Wire - The Complete 5th Season will be coming out August 12 The X-Files - Revelations will be coming out July 1 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz and Mitch Pileggi attend the "The X-Files" panel. Photo by Kevin Parry/WireImage.com
X-Philes lined up several hours early at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood to snag the best seats for the Paley Television Festivals retrospective of Foxs hit show I teamed up with Lisa Angelo from X Files News to snag some awesome pictures scroll down to see the shots of the cast and crew and to make sure we could answer as many of the fans burning questions as possible True to form Chris Carter and company kept the films highly anticipated plotline to themselves However they did show the new movie trailer not once but twice to excited fans Lets break the evening downWho was there Rather who was missing David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson did not attend the event boo But to the delight of many fans Mitch Pileggi aka Walter Skinner Nicholas Lea Alex Krycek and Dean Haglund Langly were present and very happy to be there Several writers and producers also joined the panel including series creator Chris Carter exec producers Frank Spotnitz an
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Straight from Wednesday evenings X-Files panel at the Paley Festival we got a first look at a new trailer for the upcoming movie Directed by Chris Carter there are plenty of scenes with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson and love might even be in the air In one scene for example Mulder says to Scully I need you on this [case] Scully responds Thats what scares me In another scene a romantic mood finds Mulder with his hand on Scullys face The trailer concludes with a shot of them walking away from a helicopter together as a voice-over from Duchovny says I want to believe Check out this guerilla footageShortly after the first screening of the teaser the fans asked Chris Carter for a second look and he happily agreed The crowd that had gone nuts at the first showing reacted even more strongly when they could fully soak up the images a second time around The films story seems to begin with a young girl that is taken by something prompting a massive
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Chris Carter by Jim Smeal/WireImage.com
Its Wednesday evening and a long line has already formed outside the famous ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood each person waiting with bated breath to hear which cast members would appear alongside creator Chris Carter and exec producer Frank Spotnitz at the X Files retrospective at the Paley Television FestivalLoud squeals arose from the front of the crowd when I revealed that Nicholas Lea aka Krychek Mitch Pileggi Skinner and Dean Haglund Langly would join director Rob Bowman David Nutter and writerproducers Howard Gordon now of 24 Steven Maeda and Paul Rabwin For true fans of the nine-season Fox show this lineup is a dream team The only missing persons are their captains Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny More on their absences later If there is any more breaking news TVGuidecom will post it as soon as possible The truth is out there and we want you to have it first Erin FoxRelatedbull The New X-Files Movie Got Burning Questions
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Question: Who are these Nielsens, and why do they always watch everything but the shows I like?
Answer: Although it's never been officially confirmed, reliable sources tell me that the Nielsens and the inbred family from The X-Files "Home" episode are, in fact, one and the same. And do you really want to tell these people what to watch?
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Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson by Frank Ockenfels/The WB
Out of all the TV shows past and present, we narrowed down a list of the small-screen lovers we'll always love. Through their tough times, breakups, makeups and romantic moments, we hold the following pairs close to our hearts. Here's our list of the top 10 TV couples we'll forever adore — and how you can enjoy them, too, on DVD. — Gord Lacey10) Mulder and Scully, The X-FilesPeople may debate about these two, but this pair couldn't have been more in love… even if they never showed it until the end. Talk about sexual tension! Buy the DVD here.9) David and Maddie, MoonlightingIf only they had hidden their feelings like Mulder and Scully did… then the show wouldn't have tanked after they hooked up. But before that, they were the most entertaining couple on TV. Buy the DVD here.8) Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper, The Wonder YearsThere's nothing like young love, and Kevin and Winnie took fans through the flirting, the dating and the nerve-racking phases of finding that...
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On the second day of my Holiday Gift GuideThere are more TV shows on DVDThat ya’ll need to find under your tree!Like…The X-Files: The Complete Collector’s Edition—Now, I wouldn’t call myself a collector, but I dug this show in a big ol’ way. And how could you not? David Duchovny has never been cooler, Gillian Anderson gets hotter as the seasons go on (the red hair simmas down, too) and the mythology is relatively easy to follow. And this set? Forget. About. IT! When they say “complete,” they ain’t messin’ around. Each season has a “making-of” featurette, there’s a 60-page episode guide and the deleted scenes are to die for. Oh, and the "Fight the Future" movie is in there, so you get the whole continuity thing. Honestly, this is one of those sets that every company should check out when planning full-show releases. Just be careful. Once you start sorting through the 201 episodes for one of those couch-devouring “f...
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