8/30/98
I'm back...with lots of news! First, the picture of poster E
is here.
And of course, Fox never replied or posted the new TV spots.
"Drive" is going to be about (get ready) people
having their heads blown up in speeding cars. 6X03 is still
untitled, and will be weird. Very weird. I.e. CSM will be
speaking German the entire episode, and Scully will denounce
Spender...before he was born.
Kersh will only be a temporary replacement of Skinner, and
will be played by James Pickens, Jr. Also, Kurtzweil or other
characters from the movie might find a way back into the series.
See GF2020's
Consortium for more season 6 info.
8/9/98
Apparently Mulder and Scully will report to a new boss next
season, by the name of Kersh. No word on what will happen to
Skinner. Apparently Kersh will at least be in 6X01 and 6X02.
Also, the third episode next season may be filmed in real
time, so that the events that take place in it will take as long
as they would in real life.
I e-mailed Fox today with a slightly changed version of my
message to Media Revolution. The address is askfox@foxinc.com, and I
encourage you to send them all the mail you can! Thanks!
8/8/98
About that style "E" poster...! Yes, it seems
implausible but it turns out that it does exist, and is an
EXTREMELY rare international poster. Also, the Barbie dolls were
rereleased...and recalled again! Maybe the third time will work
out, if there will be one. About seeing FTF for a 4th time.... I
will have to wait until the video release. :-( It seems that it
is out of theaters. Final earnings are around $85 million. Stay
tuned for international figures. And stay tuned for a possible
e-mail to Fox tomorrow.
Apparently the third episode next season will be a tribute to
Alfred Hitchcock's movie Rope. It is not clear what
exactly that means, but it should be interesting. Also, CSM will
be in 7 episodes next season, which is good, and TLG--all 3 of
them--will be in 6.
Source: The
Wire
7/31/98
Apparently Krycek won't be in "The Beginning." Too
bad. The basic plot: The search for Gibson Praise. Also, check
out the Merchandise section. I just
added the promo CD which includes 3 tracks total from the 2
albums. Very rare. I need a picture, though....
7/29/98
Chris Carter is now seriously thinking about doing an X-Files
and Millennium crossover sometime next season. He doesn't want to
do it as a "stunt," but if there is an opportunity for
such a crossover to be done in an interesting way, he might do
it.
Fox is seriously talking with Carter about the possibility of
a sequel, which will probably happen.
And, some 6X02 news. It will be called "Drive" and
be written by Vince Gilligan.
Source: The
PA X-Files
7/27/98
I was just thinking how cool it would be to release the video
of FTF on 11/21. That's only 3 days before the rumored 11/24. I
will hopefully be seeing FTF again tomorrow for the 4th time.
Maybe I'll catch a 1013 sighting this time. Also, check out the Merchandise section. I added a ton of
stuff. For example, the postcards of the movie just came out in
Asia. I would send an e-mail about the TV spots to Fox if I could
find an e-mail address to send to. Help?!
7/26/98
Filming of "The Beginning" starts tomorrow. More
info at GF2020's
Consortium.
7/23/98
6X01 news.... It will be a mythology episode called "The
Beginning" and starts filming Monday. The November 1
premiere is confirmed. The director will be Kim Manners. And as
for the video release, it will be November 24. At the Emmys, the
show got 16 nominations, including Best Actor and Actress (must I
name them?) and Best Drama. Go X-Files!
Now, here is proof that Fox is behind the "death" of
the official movie site. Following is an e-mail sent by me, then
Media Revolution's reply.
To whom it may concern:
For over a month now, the majority of the official site for
the X-Files movie has hardly changed. In the week prior to the
movie's release and since then I have counted at least 5 new TV
spots that haven't been archived on the site. Also, the
merchandise section hardly has a complete list of movie
merchandise. Not even the clothes or mouse pads are there. It
seems that fan sites have become a better source of information
than the official site.
I am not in any way trying to say that the official movie site
is bad. In fact, I like it very much. The only thing that I would
like to have changed is how often (lately) the site is being
updated. I understand that the movie is already out, and on its
way out, but things are changing and new things are coming out as
fast as ever. For example, a fifth poster is due out and, like I
said, at least 5 new TV ads have appeared. But Media Revolution
has done nothing about it. No new entries in the merchandise
section. No updates of the TV spot section, as the site promises.
The site hasn't been touched in almost a month, and I hope that
your company reconsiders this.
I realize that there may be issues with Twentieth Century Fox,
but I can't see any reason for any. If this were the case, at
least a note saying that further updating is impossible would be
appropriate.
The main reason I'm writing this letter is to ask you to try
and archive the TV spots, and any new posters that come up. And
if there is some merchandise that no one has heard of (like the
maquette which was unheard of until it appeared in the
merchandise section), an update would be nice too. Because most
of the media and merchandise from the movie can be put together
by fans, but not the things that are almost impossible to
retrieve (such as the TV spots). Therefore, I hope your consider
this letter, and if necessary, pass it on to Fox. I'm sure that
my views are shared by many other fans.
Thank you for your time.
-Andy Guess
guesses@erols.com
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*Using Microsoft Outlook 98*
Dear Andy,
Thank you for your e-mail. In response to your request Media
Revolution is contracted through Twentieth Century Fox and any
changes or requests should be directed to the appropriate people
over there. We serve as only the designer, and we design by
request of our client. We can not make any changes to the site
unless we have been directed to by Fox. Unlike fan sites which
have the freedom to make updates and changes, our sites are paid
for by our clients and we have specific instructions to the
content that should appear. Therefore, yes the answer to your
question is that it is impossible to make any changes unless we
were instructed to by our client.
Best Regards,
Stefanie Safran
Coordinator
--------------------------MEDIA REVOLUTION, LLC
310.260.8688 phone
310.260.8689 fax
stef@mediarevolution.com
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Media Revolution is a leading digital communications agency
developing customized interactive solutions for industry leaders
in the entertainment, business to business and technology
marketplaces.
I'll try again with Fox!
7/21/98
BREAKING NEWS!!!! 20th Century Fox is hard at work on...yes,
the style "E" poster!!! That's right, it will be out as
early as next week for the theaters, and should have the actors
on it. Why? Fox wants a new, "fresh" poster that will
take the place of the one everyone has been looking at for the
past month. This is from a RELIABLE source. Remember, you saw it
here first! I knew there would be a reason to live on! ...And
now, for the rest of today's news.... Up to yesterday, The
X-Files has totaled $78,261,565 and is in 12th place. Last
weekend it made $2 million. It has been rumored for a while that
there will be at least two sequel episodes next season: Donnie
Pfaster ("Irresistible") and Suzanne Modeski
("Unusual Suspects"). The latter is confirmed.
7/20/98
In season 6, there will be 6 mythology episodes, 6 with
Spender, and 6 with Fowley. Could they all be the same 6? In all
there will be 22. Production should begin later this month.
7/18/98
FTF is up to $74.5 million. Some new rumors about season 6....
Chris Carter was quoted saying that the "kiss," what
Scully said when the spaceship flew off, and Mulder's wedding
ring will be addressed. And, the video release of FTF should come
out November-December.
7/10/98
This will be my last update for a week or so. I am going away
until next Saturday.
Some breakthrough (if it's actually true) news: Fox has
decided to make a sequel to The X-Files. Apparently
pre-production has already begun, and filming will commence next
summer, with the movie coming out summer 2000. Just as predicted!
Now, in alt.tv.x-files there
was a post by the webmaster of the site below saying that the
title would be Invasion and the movie would be about
Krycek and also end the series.
Now, a TV Spot Alert. I saw a brand-new ad on ESPN today,
featuring the black-and-white 20th Century Fox logo at the
beginning. Then it shows scenes we've never seen on ads before,
such as Mulder and Scully watching the spaceship flying away. It
also had the same acclaim as on the newspaper ads (see the Info section). Now, that is the fifth new TV
spot that the official site hasn't archived. Here is what I
remember from each one:
- One has the black-and-white 20th Century Fox logo at the
beginning.
- The first of the new ones I saw said (in between scenes)
things like "Fear It," "Face It," and "Fight It"
on X backgrounds.
- Another one has Kurtzweil talking at the beginning.
- I do recall that there were at least 2 others but I can't
remember what they began with. Each began with a
different scene.
Source: ABSOLUT
PARANORMAL | The First Virtual Museum of 'The X-Files'
7/9/98
The X-Files: The Album is #30 on the Billboard music charts.
7/7/98
A bunch of news today. The movie novelization is #14 on the
Publishers Weekly bestseller list. According to a Seattle
Times article, the cut scenes from the movie will reappear in
the DVD version. The movie sales dropped 52% this weekend to only
$6.3 million. It is in 5th place with $11 million made this week,
and a current total of $67.1 million. And some good news, the
movie is now estimated to make around $155 million! And here's my
theory about the large drop in sales since the first weekend.
Now, who has seen an ad for the movie since opening day? Not I.
Enough said. The movie deserves more publicity than it has
gotten. Not to mention that the official site still hasn't put up
at least 4 new TV spots that materialized during the last week
before opening day. Which reminds me, the site hasn't been
updated in weeks! Not since a few days after FTF opened. What
gives? My merchandise page is so much more complete than the
official site's! It's not even funny. Well, enough ranting.
Source: alt.tv.x-files
7/4/98
The second weekend for the movie brought in only $13.6
million. The first 10 days including the two weekends made a
total of $55.2 million. The movie fell from first place in the
first weekend to third place, behind Dr. Dolittle and Mulan.
Predictions are that the movie will gross around $80-90 million,
which isn't bad!
6/30/98
Tons of season 6 rumors can be found at GF2020's
Consortium.
6/26/98
Chris Carter & Co. are already planning a sequel to The
X-Files! Work may begin as early as next summer, and if all
goes well, it may be released summer 2000!
For season 6 (which has not been written yet), Agent Diana
Fowley (Mimi Rogers) will return, as well as Agent Arthur Dales
(Darren McGavin), the old guy from "Travelers." Dales
will appear in a 4-story arc. Also, the truth about Samantha,
which was cut from the movie because of non-Philes, will be
revealed. And Scully will become a believer, or somewhat of a
believer, because of what happened in the movie. The latest
rumors are that season 6 will begin on Sunday, November 1 after
the World Series. Sounds fun. A day before last year's season
premiere.
Rob Bowman totally dissed the aliens in the movie. The reason
we hardly see anything is that the alien looks like a guy in a
rubber suit! The actor in the suit wore tennis shoes and the
claws were soft.
The series is moving locations from Vancouver to Los Angeles.
The last episode filmed in Vancouver was "The End."
Season 6 starts a new phase for The X-Files.
The series will most likely go on until at least 2000, as
Chris Carter is about to sign a new 2-year contract. The actors
already seem to be on at least 2-year contracts.
And, The X-Files came out #1 in its first weekend,
making $30.1 million. About 25% of the viewers were newcomers,
and 60% were aged 25 or older. Friday the movie made $12.9
million, Saturday the revenue lowered 18% to $10.5 million, and
Sunday grossed $6.7 million. The movie opened on 2,626 screens,
averaging $11,805 per screen.
Sources: THE
X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE BLURBS on this
site, the Global
Episode Opinion Survey, The
Wire: Chris Carter to stay with The X-Files on this
site, and Yahoo! News.
