The X-Files Animated Comedy Spinoff Series In the Works

The X-Files is getting an animated comedy spinoff series and it's coming to Fox. TV Line reports that Fox will be developing the show with X-Files creator Chris Carter serving as executive producer. Carter will not be writing or working as a showrunner though. According to TV Line, the show will be titled The X-Files: Albuquerque and will be a "toon offshoot" of the original show. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=8-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-x-files-best-monsters&captions=true"] While in the same universe as the original show, this spinoff will not feature David Duchovny's Mulder or Gillian Anderson's Scully, who were last seen in the revival seasons from a few years back. This series will reportedly instead focus on a group of misfit office agents who investigate cases too out-there for Mulder or Scully to even bother with. Netflix's Paradise PD writers Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko will write the pilot and work as executive producers with Carter and X-Files writer Gabe Rotter. Bento Box will be the studio responsible for the show's animation. A cast of characters or actors to voice them has not yet been announced, but the show has only received a script commitment from Fox so far. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/09/16/history-of-awesome-x-files"] The original X-Files series centered on Mulder and Scully ran from 1993 to 2002 and spanned nine seasons with over 200 episodes. Two movies were made for the show as well: 1998's The X-Files and 2008's The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The show came back for a tenth season in 2016 and was renewed for an eleventh season in 2018. Unfortunately for fans, there isn't another X-Files season on the cards currently. Read about why Anderson said goodbye to Scully after 11 seasons and then read about how Carter considered another series without Anderson. If you're looking for a quick venture into the show, read about IGN's Top 12 X-Files standalone episodes. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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