Fans of FBI honcho Walter Skinner – WHICH IS EVERYONE – rejoice. The gruff-voiced desk warrior will be back for more testy teamwork with the frustrating maverick Fox Mulder and growling about how his ass is in a sling. Like they were ever going to do it without him.
Very happy to announce that Walter Skinner will once again be getting all grumpy and bitchy with his two wayward kids. Very happy. > > — Mitch Pileggi (@MitchPileggi1) [April 20, 2015](https://twitter.com/MitchPileggi1/status/590231927648423936)
If you’re organising some kind of alien conspiracy, be warned: Skinner (and his ass-sling) will there and deeply cranky when the show returns to Fox on a limited-run basis. Filming is scheduled to get underway this summer, with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back as Mulder and Dana Scully respectively.
The Lone Gunmen-style scuttlebutt is that Cigarette-Smoking Man, AKA William B. Davis, Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) and John Doggett (Robert Patrick) will also return, although that’s yet to be confirmed.
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“The X-Files” is set to return on FOX as a limited event series with production slated to begin this summer. Stars are set to re-inhabite their roles as iconic FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Previous reports also indicate that are also set to return, but this hasn’t been confirmed.