First debuted to audiences at this past weekend’s New York Comic-Con (along with the initial episode of the new limited series – lucky scoundrels!), this new animated teaser for the show is a full-on Saul Bass tribute.
The miniseries picks up with David Duchovny's Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Scully in very different places in their lives, but still committed to finding the truth behind the big conspiracies that have plagued them. But there’s also time to investigate other mysteries, too... And yes, there are definitely going to be appearances by old favourites such as William B. Davis' Cigarette Smoking Man, despite his seeming death by giant bloomin’ missile in the series finale back in 2002. And the likes of Mitch Pileggi, Annabeth Gish, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood and Nicholas Lea are all back in some fashion.
Speaking at the panel for the show at the convention, creator Chris Carter explained how the six episodes will work: “We start with a mythology episode, and we’re going to do standalone episodes for the next four. We’ll bookend it with a mythology episode."
But if you were hoping for an immediate reconciliation between our heroes, you might want to prepare yourself. “I was going under a bridge… and on the bridge above us, it said ‘Life has many bumps in the road.’ I think they hit one of those. Mulder and Scully have had their difficulties, and that’s where we are.”
Joel McHale, Lauren Ambrose, Robbie Amell and Rhys Darby are among the new co-stars and The X-Files is back, at least on US screens, on January 24 next year.