Through nine seasons of sci-fi, The X-Files managed to keep viewers on their toes and now 22 years later the award-winning series is to make a comeback on the small screen with original actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
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Reuniting them with creator Chris Carter and writers Glen Morgan, James Wong and Darin Morgan for six new episodes, new guest stars Joel McHale, Annet Mahendru and more are also onboard as well as Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner and William B. Davis as The Smoking Man.
Last together onscreen in 2008's The X-Files: I Want to Believe, lives could be very different when we pick up things with Mulder and Scully, but recent set images teased that Scully is still hard at work, despite Mulder laying low and looking quite scruffy.
Speaking to TVLine about the revival, Anderson recently said: "It feels like it's been a long time since I've played her. I can't remember what year the movie was, but it felt like [Scully] was further away from me than I'd thought she would be. But I've also worked really hard at putting her entirely to sleep, so that was successful; she's just taken longer to wake up."
She went on to admit that it has been quite difficult getting back into the swing of things on the set of the show.
"It's strange to be back here. This is a lot of flashbacks, a lot of deja vu, a lot of remembering dynamics - and it's... a thicker substance to wade through than I'd thought."
As for Agent Scully herself, Anderson's not sure how she can explain how the character's changed without spoiling the season.
"She's older! She aged! Anything I say is going to sound like something you're not going to want to watch. But that's not the case. It's just... I don't even know. That's a hard one. I appreciate the question, but I can't answer it."
What she can tease however is the first episode back, with Anderson confirming she's read the first two scripts of the new season with the third waiting in her inbox.
Describing the premiere in just three words, she said: "Slow... Intense... And it's setting groundwork, so it's got a particular role to play. It does exactly what it needs to do. What's a single word for fulfilling that requirement? Functional? Appropriate? Functional works. Slow, intense and functional!"
The X-Files revival premieres in America on January 24, on FOX.
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