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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I've been snooping around the net, trying to find out some details for the upcoming X-Files 2 movie.. The inner X-Phile has been rewatching the show lately, and getting excited about the return of Mulder and Scully.

These characters were major role models in my teenage years. The X-Files is a big part of who I am as a person. It helped to spark my curiosity of this planet, and open my mind to more supernatural/spiritual issues..

I checked IMDB for the cast list, just to see if there was anything. The film is due for release in the summer....

OH-MY-GOD! (Spoilers ahead.)

The info on display is sometimes questionable, but in true Mulder and Scully style, I did a bit of digging to confirm what I'd seen. Not a bazillion years did I see this coming. There's a part of me wonderin' if the leaked teaser trailer that I saw, was in fact a clever hoax, orchestrated by Chris Carter himself. Although, it looks real enough.

Billy Connolly and Xzibit are on the cast list - and Callum Keith Rennie. (The guy who played Starbuck's creepy Cylon 'husband' in the third season of the new Battlestar Galactica.)

Anywho.. Talk about a fucking bizarre supporting cast! In the teaser trailer, Bily Connolly is standing in a circle of black clothed people , surrounded by snow. He's yelling something like 'it's here!' I'm assuming that he's searching for something under the snow. So.. Uh.. Yeah.. I'll let the dust settle after that bombshell.

I'll say it again.. BILLY CONNOLLY?! O.o He's a comedy leg-end here in Scotland.

I saw a quote on the IMBD page. There was reference to a 'Father Joe' character. I'm assuming that this is Billy Connolly's role. He's looking A LOT like Brent Spiner in 'Independence Day.' Hehehehehehehe.. Seriously though, acting roles with a religeous undertone seems to be his gig, when he's not doing stand up comedy. I'll have to wait and reserve judgement on his performance.. The idea of Billy Connolly in the X-Files universe is a little odd to me.

On a more official note, I saw the first promo stills of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. When I first cast my eyes on them, I got goosebumps!! It was like looking at a long lost friend. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are in front of a computer, like the old days, and look fantastic.

Here's one of the promo shots:



All I can say is roll on Summer 2008!!!

COMMENTS

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:36 AM

EMPIREX


I know, right?!? I started watching the X-Files when I was 11 and watched it until it's end when I was 20.

As shiny as those promo pics are, I was vaguely horrified when I saw the supporting cast...

Callum Keith Rennie - awesome, but Amanda Peet? Xzibit? Billy Connolly?

When I think of the supporting cast in the first movie (Martin Landau, John Neville, Armin Muller-Stahl), I can't help but feel a bit concerned.

WHY! WHY! did they kill off the Cigarette Smoking Man!!! IMO, the best villian to ever appear on the small screen. In my book, he's right under Hannibal Lecter and above Darth Vader as greatest fictional villain of all time.

Still, feelin' the Philey love and that familiar rush of antici...PATION! =D


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