If you’re an X-Files fan, you’ll want to make your way to Los Angeles this November for a special charity event featuring Gillian Anderson (seen here at the recent “The Age of Stupid” event in NY) and executive producer and writer Frank Spotnitz.
The event, which is being run by IBG.Inc.  will feature a moderated Q&A panel with Frank Spotnitz, Gillian Anderson and other TBA members of “The X-Files” team*.
A limited number of VIP tickets, available for $125, can be purchased here beginning September 22, 2009: http://www.ibginc.org/tickets
VIP tickets to the event grant the holder front section seating, in-person autograph …read more

X-Files scribe Frank Spotnitz (seen here with his cohorts Gillian Anderson, Chris Carter and David Duchovny at the “The X Files: I Want To Believe” World Premiere.) is in development on two sci fi shows for HBO.

According to Variety, Spotnitz is working on a series called Humanitas which is a futuristic medical thriller.  Spotnitz wants to take a look at the moral and ethical issues that arise out of our ever increasing ability to manipulate genetics.
He is also working on a TV adaptation of Robert Silverberg’s novel The World Inside which deals with overpopulation.
The ever busy Spotnitz is also penning …read more

It’s a simple enough recipe. Throw some wicked Matrix-like special effects, lots of gunplay and Angelina Jolie into a film and make over $100 million. Oh, that is unless you call it Tomb Raider.
Wanted is an adaptation of a hit comic by Mark Millar and J.G Jones. The movie stars the aforementioned Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman. McAvoy is a put upon office geek who suddenly finds out he has superpowers allowing him to become a badass assassin. Jolie and Freeman are his guides into the world of superpowered killing sprees.
The plot doesn’t matter much more than that, …read more

Film Gecko has some fabulous new photos from The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves.
Approaching Lost has some info on the mysterious Dharma Initiative.
You’ll find some behind the scenes photos from Heroes on GrrlTV.
NewToTV has a Fringe video and  Showtime Fan has photos of David Duchovny behind the scenes of his series Californication.
Check out those stories then come right back here for more news from the world of SciFi!

This past weekend’s big sci-fi release -  wasn’t so big. While the truth may still be out there, not a lot of moviegoers were interested in finding it. The X-Files: I Want to Believe bowed in fourth place with only $10.2 million. It garnered mixed reviews and Fox execs are still trying to put a positive spin on things and say it will turn a profit. But considering it got trounced by the likes of Step Brothers and Mamma Mia, that’s not very likely.

“Even my wife [Tia Leoni] doesn’t know anything about the story,” says David Duchovny to TV Guide while on the Vancouver set of The X Files: I Want To Believe, which opens on July 25thin movie theaters. “When she sees the movie she’ll be completely surprised.” He pauses, “Well, she does know one very important thing I can’t talk about, which nobody should know.”
For Duchovny, the initial script reading with co-star Gillian Anderson was more sentimental than our actual reunion.
“I realized that Gillian and I have changed over the years, but when you start reading these people, they haven’t. …read more

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Chris Carter will be chatting with the Movie Geeks over on BlogTalkRadio tonight.  It all begins at 10:00 pm eastern time on Movie Geeks United.
While you’re at the website, look back in the archives for a great interview with director John Badham, actress Dee Wallace and writer/director Tom Holland as they join the Movie Geeks for a nostalgic look back at the summer of 1983 at the movies.

 
The second X-Files movie now has a title. Variety says it will be called X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Apparently six years have elapsed since the end of the series and the film sequel, slated to hit theaters July 25.
Show creator Chris Carter is keeping pretty tight-lipped about the movie’s plot but has said it would stand on its own as a story. Carter told SCI FI.com’s Sci Fi Wire that he wants to “scare the pants off you” like a really good episode of the show.
Since he said “really good” I’m assuming that means no appearances by Robert Patrick …read more

There aren’t many movies that hold a press conference just to say, “that’s a wrap!” But then The X-Files have always done things a little differently. 
Chris Carter and David Duchovny (Gillian Anderson canceled due to illness) were on hand on Thursday to field questions from the press about the film and though the truth may be out there, you weren’t going to hear it from either one of these guys.
Carter seemed rather amused by the attention the film got while in production but he stuck to his guns about keeping the plot a secret.  “To tell you …read more

Terminator over on the Celebutopia forum posted some great behind the scenes photos of Amanda Peet on the set of the new X-Files movie. Take a look!
The Vancouver Sun added a few more details to the project stating Peet signed on along with Rapper Xzibit and Scottish comic Billy Connolly. Though Fox is keeping the plot ultra-hush-hush, sources say that Xzibit and Peet will be playing FBI agents as well.
The movie began principal photography on December 10th, apparently unhampered by the current writers’ strike.