Vancouver Film Industry: "The X-Files" Revival Pilot Is Confirmed To Film Here In May
- Dan Lalonde
- 19 hours ago
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What is your favorite 'X-Files' episode? Was it a monster of the week or one that focused on the larger anthology with the aliens and the Cigarette Smoking Man?
Some great news for the Vancouver film industry has come out as 'The X-Files' revival pilot will film here starting from May into June. Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Sinners, Creed), the show will star Danielle Deadwyler (Watchmen). No word yet on whether original stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles or if series creator Chris Carter is involved.
'The X-Files' filmed its first five seasons at North Shore Studios on stage 2 before moving to Los Angeles for its sixth to ninth seasons. The first revival series would then return in Vancouver in 2106 for two more seasons. I never worked on the original, but did on the revival in the season finale, where they shut down the downtown viaduct in the scene where an alien spaceship comes upon Mulder and Scully parked on the bridge.
One of the reasons the show moved to Los Angeles was that Duchovny hated the rain, which turned the city against him. What people don't understand is that there's nothing more Vancouverite than complaining about the rain, so he should have been given a parade on Hastings and Main.
The official pilot logline is that the story follows two highly accomplished yet sharply contrasting FBI agents, one portrayed by Deadwyler, who form an unexpected bond after being assigned to a long-dormant unit devoted to investigating unexplained phenomena.
The casting announcements put out make that it will involve an investigation with an Indigenous community. No word on whether it will film back at North Shore Studios or the filming code name, but I will update when I find out.
Did you work on 'X-Files' in Vancouver or Los Angeles? Share your experience and comment below with your thoughts.
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