Event series reuniting David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson is now filming in Vancouver
Linda Ge | July 21, 2015 @ 10:54 AM
Last Updated: July 21, 2015 @ 3:06 PM
“The X-Files” relaunch event series has added Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose to the cast, Fox announced Tuesday.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are reprising their roles as FBI agents Mulder and Scully, respectively, and the show is now filming in Vancouver under original creator and showrunner Chris Carter.
Amell will play the smart, smooth Agent Miller while Ambrose will play the sharp, confident Agent Einstein.
Fox announced in March that the show would return as a limited series.
“I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” series creator Chris Carter said in a statement. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”
During its initial nine-season run, “The X Files” became one of the most successful television dramas of all time, hitting a peak ratings high in 1997 when more than 27 million people tuned in to the Season 5 premiere. The show had earned 16 Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes and a Peabody Award.
“The X-Files” is set to debut its six episode run with a two-night premiere beginning Sunday, Jan. 24 at 10 p.m. ET on Fox.
Amell, best known for his role on “The Flash” and in teen comedy “The Duff,” is repped by WME, Protégé Entertainment, Coast to Coast, and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson LLP. Ambrose, most notable for “Six Feet Under,” is repped by UTA, Perri Kipperman, and Sloane, Offer, Weber, & Dern.
9 'X-Files' Episodes That Blew Us Away (Photos)
"Pilot Episode" Season 1, Episode 1: We got our first look at FBI Agents Fox "Spooky" Mulder and Dana Scully, who return to Fox soon, in the 1993 debut of the hit paranormal drama
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"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" Season 4, Episode 7: We got a rare glimpse into the past of the enigmatic CSM, including learning he was the one who assassinated John F. Kennedy
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"Terms of Endearment" Season 6, Episode 7 - Bruce Campbell guest starred in this episode about a demon who impregnates several women
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"Unusual Suspects" Season 5, Episode 3: The Lone Gunmen, Mulder's support team, got their very own episode in Season 5 when we learned how the group came together
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"Drive" Season 6, Episode 2: This episode would eventually lead "X-Files" writer Vince Gilligan to cast guest star Bryan Cranston in the megahit series "Breaking Bad"
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"Cops" Season 7, episode 12: Fox's crossover between the network's popular reality show, "Cops," and its popular supernatural serial featured Mulder and Scully teaming up with the LAPD to track down a perp that could take the form of whatever its victim feared the most
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"Lord of the Flies" Season 9, episode 5: Cranston isn't the only "Breaking Bad" star to first impress Gilligan on "The X-Files." Aaron Paul guest starred on this episode that mocks MTV's "Jackass" with appropriately titled fake stunt show "Dumbass" and tells the coming-of-age tale of a misunderstood teenager coming to terms with his true identity: a giant insect
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"First Person Shooter" Season 7, Episode 13: Mulder and Scully become trapped in a virtual reality shoot-'em up-game that even the Lone Gunmen can't beat
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"Home" Season 4, Episode 2: This episode about inbred cannibals (also some of our favorite "X-Files" villians) was so graphic a viewer discretion warning played before its first airing
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"Pilot Episode" Season 1, Episode 1: We got our first look at FBI Agents Fox "Spooky" Mulder and Dana Scully, who return to Fox soon, in the 1993 debut of the hit paranormal drama