The X-Files 2 will be filmed in Vancouver, B.C., where the TV series was based for the first five seasons. Chris Carter, creator of the series and co-writer with Frank Spotnitz of both the first film, The X-Files: Fight the Future, and the sequel, is set to direct. As previously reported, filming will start December 10. Around a hundred British Columbia crew members will be part of the production.

The TV series shifted production from Vancouver to L.A. for its sixth season. The X-Files: Fight the Future was filmed in New Jersey, California, London and British Columbia, with a budget of $65 million. Released in 1998 between the fifth and sixth seasons of the show, it grossed $187 million worldwide. According to the studio's press release, the sequel will be "a stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the always-complicated relationship between Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) in unexpected directions."

The show followed two FBI agents as they investigated strange occurrences and a conspiracy involving alien abductions. It ran on the Fox network from 1992 to 2002, and set the bar high for genre shows that followed, both for its production values and its dedicated fanbase.

David Duchovny is currently starring in the Showtime series Californication. Gillian Anderson was recently seen in the film The Last King of Scotland, and played Lady Dedlock in the BBC's adaption of Bleak House.

Sources: CBC
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