Still, I leave it to you to make up your own mind.

The X-Files: I Want To Believe is directed by Chris Carter and stars David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Callum Keith Rennie and Adam Godley.

It is set to open in the US on July 25, 2008.

If you remember Fox Mulder’s office and the poster in the background with a picture of a UFO on it, the famous phrase below it read: “I want to believe.”

Hence the name of the new movie. You can see the original poster to the right. It’s like a staple among X-Files fanatics.

From KMOV.com:

“It’s a natural title,” Chris Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. “It’s a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. `I Want to Believe.’ It really does suggest Mulder’s struggle with his faith.”

The title was actually picked out since the beginning, but Carter and company wanted to make sure it was a marketable one. I guess they think it is.

Personally, I think it’s appealing to X-Files fans, but others may see it a bit…weird. The first movie was labeled “Fight the Future“, so this one is in keeping with the style they’ve gone with in naming the films.

But “I Want To Believe” doesn’t instill a lot of excitement or anticipation to me, so we’ll have to see how well it goes over. I like it myself, just because I know the film is going to deal with Mulder’s beliefs that have plagued him since the beginning of the show, so it all makes sense to me.

The plot of X-Files 2 has been kept under lock and key, and only a few people on production know the entire story. Check out the lengths they went through to keep scripts from being leaked:

“We went to almost comical lengths to keep the story a secret,” Carter said. “That included allowing only the key crew members to read the script, and they had to read it in a room that had video cameras trained on them. It was a new experience.”

Below is a new shot of Mulder and Scully, showing them in some kind of church.

What do you think of the new title?

Source: KMOV.com

The public version of this is expected to be shown for the first time before Iron Man when it hits theaters on May 2nd.

X-Files 2 comes on on the big screen July 25th.

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Yeah, I’m SURE they had a problem with it. I’m pretty certain the people of Vancouver hold the X-Files deep in their hearts after five years of filming the TV series there. In fact, the series popularity may have helped the town’s filmmaking profile:

“It would please me to no end to think that we were helpful to Vancouver, because this was the perfect city to film this particular show in,” Mr. Duchovny said. “When we came here, we barely knew what we were doing, and as we got better, the crews grew with us.”

Over the course of the filming, lots of secrets were thought to have been discovered by the paparazzi that followed the crew around as much as possible. Earlier in the production, we posted the shots of a wolfman that set the internet ablaze with excitement, only find out it was a cleverly staged act to throw us off.

It happened again a few days ago when pictures of Mulder and Scully kissing started circulating. That appears to have been a big show as well:

“We staged that,” Mr. Duchovny told reporters at the Sutton Place Hotel, where media were informed Anderson would not attend due to illness.

“It’s been a two-way street,” says Mr. Carter of the prying eyes. “To tell you the truth, I would like to make the movie secretly and put it out there on July 25, have everybody get a gift they could open.”

Carter reiterated that X-Files 2 is a standalone story, without any connection to the previous film or the TV series in the way of the overall mythology. This should help pull in those unfamiliar with the series.

“We’re not doing an exercise in nostalgia to appeal to the fans of the show,” said co-writer and producer Frank Spotnitz. “We saw this as an opportunity to introduce the characters to people who may have been too young . . . It has a reason for being, even if there’d never been a television show before.”

The movie will pick up 6 years after the end of the TV series.

WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction and motion picture event held yearly since 1987.

No clue yet when we’ll get a high quality version of it, hopefully soon and we’ll pass that on to you.

Gotta love the fans in the background hootin’ and hollerin’ at every single thing…especially seeing Gillian Anderson and then at the end with the applause.

Also, if you are looking for a bit more information about the X-Files sequel, iFilm posted a little article about the panel of four that appeared at WonderCon 2008: Chris Carter, Frank Spotniz, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. They talk about the sequel, some of the hardships of getting back into their old roles after such a long break and other things.

Looks pretty good, I cannot WAIT for this movie. July 25th!

That sound you hear is from the Bell of Recantation. It’s something new here at A Mike Life, never before having been rung.

Apparently, all the internet rumor sites out there got it wrong. Not shocking I guess, the X-Files 2 plot is being kept tightly under wraps, so it’s no wonder things got spun out of control.

According to The Movie Blog, Lance Henriksen of Millennium fame is not attached to this film at all.

Bummer. The idea I posted that Frank Black would somehow join Mulder and Scully in some ghoulish plot was intriguing. Sadly, that rumor must be recanted now.

Not that the movie wont be great without him of course. You still have Chris Carter, David Ducovney and Gillian Anderson, so get to work filming this movie guys, we can’t wait.

Source: The Movie Blog