"""X-Files"" feature film titled ""The X-Files"" was released, eventually grossing over $180 million. A spin-off—""The Lone Gunmen""—was released in 2001 and abruptly canceled. Six years after the initial television series was canceled, another film—""""—was released. In January 2016, a tenth season of ""The X-Files"" aired, featuring Carter as executive producer and writer, and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. An eleventh season premiered in January 2018. In addition to film and television, ""The X-Files"" franchise has expanded into other media, including books, video games, and comic books. These supplements to the film and television series have resulted in significant development"
"stories ""enjoyable, intelligent and well-written"" and described the characters as ""terrifically memorable"". Eric Profancik, writing for DVD Verdict, stated the material is ""pretty good"" and described the plots as ""strong and unusual stories"". Although the debut episode garnered 13.23 million viewers, its ratings began to steadily drop. The pilot episode earned a CSC Award by the Canadian Society of Cinematographers for Best Cinematography - TV Drama by Robert McLachlan. The Lone Gunmen (TV series) The Lone Gunmen is an American conspiracy fiction thriller drama television series created by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz. The program originally"
"a news publication called ""The Lone Gunman"" (once referred to as ""The Magic Bullet Newsletter""; a pejorative reference to the single bullet theory and, like the group's name, a reference to the Kennedy assassination), to which Mulder loyally subscribed. None of them have day jobs; they rely on financial backers who believe in their cause, and the revenue generated by the subscriptions to their paper. They share a loft apartment where they also work, and use a 1974–79 VW Transporter to commute. John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood) was once a public relations worker for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)."
"characters of The Lone Gunmen—conspiracy theorists John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood), Richard Langly (Dean Haglund) and Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood). The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible, later became recurring characters and eventually gained their own spin-off series, ""The Lone Gunmen"". In the skies over Iraq's border with Turkey, an Iraqi fighter jet shoots down a UFO. Later, in Tennessee, a truck driver named Ranheim shoots at something in the dark as another UFO flies overhead. Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate the sighting the next day, but Ranheim is quickly let"
"impact. ""Millennium"", while well received by many critics, garnered criticism for the episodes being similar to each other in content and themes. ""Variety"" magazine reviewer Jeremy Gerard, although his review was mostly favorable, criticized it for giving him the ""nagging feeling"" that it wanted to hurt him. Many reviewers noted the dark storylines of the series, which were constantly mentioned as a reason why the show never became widely popular. The spin-off, entitled ""The Lone Gunmen"", lasted only one season due to declining viewership, although it too earned largely positive reviews. On January 17, 2015, Fox confirmed that they were"
"lone gunman. There is no evidence that any additional shooters were present at the shootings. The theory of multiple gunmen may have been influenced by early news reports of the events. While working for CBS affiliate WGCL-TV, Ben Swann dedicated a ""Reality Check"" segment to the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that emerged during the 2016 United States presidential election cycle, contended that Pizzagate may have been true, and called for a police investigation of the allegations. Misinformation regarding Pizzagate was spread through social media and websites. The story was discredited by a wide array of organizations, including the Metropolitan Police"
"the comic book adaptation of the series ""The X-Files Season 10""—which takes place in alternate universe after the events of """"—it is revealed that the Lone Gunmen are alive and well, having faked their deaths during the events of ""Jump the Shark"". The group was aided by the FBI and have since been working underground, aiding the US government; for instance, Langly mentions that he was responsible for the Stuxnet virus in 2010. (The ""X-Files Season 10"" comic series is not considered canon due to the television tenth and eleventh seasons reaffirming their deaths in the series.) ""Jump the Shark"""
"paranormal, called X-Files. ""Unusual Suspects"", however, functions as a flashback episode: in 1989, two salesmen and a federal employee join forces when they meet Susanne Modeski, a woman who claims that she is being pursued by her supposedly violent ex-boyfriend, an FBI agent named Fox Mulder. A sequel to the episode was later filmed during the series' sixth season, entitled ""Three of a Kind"". The concept for having an episode dedicated to The Lone Gunmen arose when the show's producers were forced to start production of the fifth season in the last week of August in Vancouver, but still needed"
"consultant for the Millennium Group, which believed that the world as we know it would come to an end at the beginning of the new millennium; a job which eventually leads to the demise of his wife, Catherine (Megan Gallagher). In the third season, Black turns on the group and rejoins the FBI as a special agent, working alongside Special Agent Emma Hollis (Klea Scott) to solve brutal crimes within the FBI's jurisdiction. ""The Lone Gunmen"", the third series in the ""X-Files"" franchise, follows the established characters of Richard Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood,"
"for testing electric current events. The episode also introduced the characters of The Lone Gunmen—conspiracy theorists John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood), Richard Langly (Dean Haglund) and Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood). The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible, were originally meant to only appear in this episode, but due to their popularity on the internet, they returned in the second-season episode ""Blood"" and became recurring characters. The inspiration for the Lone Gunmen came from a group of men that writers Glen Morgan and Marilyn Osborn met at a UFO convention in June 1993. The trio would eventually"
"his own television production company, Ten Thirteen Productions, wherein he went on to create three more series for the network—""Millennium"", a doomsday-themed series which met with critical approval and low viewer numbers; ""Harsh Realm"", which was canceled after three episodes had aired; and ""The Lone Gunmen"", a spin-off of ""The X-Files"" which lasted for a single season. Carter's film roles include writing both of ""The X-Files"" cinematic spin-offs—1998's successful ""The X-Files"" and the poorly received 2008 follow-up """", the latter of which he also directed—while his television credits have earned him several accolades including eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations. The"
"fifth season episode ""Unusual Suspects"", concluding the story of The Lone Gunmen and Susanne Modeski, the woman who led to the creation of the trio. While Mulder played a supporting role in ""Unusual Suspects"", the concept is reversed in ""Three of a Kind"", with Scully helping out The Lone Gunmen. During a high-stakes poker game Lone Gunman John Fitzgerald Byers (Bruce Harwood) is thrown out after being exposed as a fraud at a government convention in Las Vegas. Unbeknownst to Richard Langly (Dean Haglund) and Melvin Frohike (Tom Braidwood), Byers is still harboring an attraction to Susanne Modeski, a fellow"
"that the episode served as a stop-gap. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, The Lone Gunmen run into the enigmatic Susanne Modeski. After deceiving Scully into joining them, the trio soon find out that Susanne's fiancé is planning to use her new brainwashing drug for political assassinations. ""Three of a Kind"" functions as a sequel of sorts to the"
"paid for the copies of the latest issue of The Lone Gunman that they could not afford to retrieve from the printers. Jimmy truly believed in the work The Lone Gunmen were doing in searching for and printing the truth. He loved the three conspiracy theorists, though he annoyed them when he was a bit slow to pick up on things. When The Lone Gunmen were searching for a water powered car in a disused military bunker they appeared to become trapped beneath a pile of reinforced concrete when these bunkers were blown up. Jimmy wouldn't listen to reason from"
"acting like it would be unlikely that they would see him again, since they believed it would be. Jimmy Bond Jimmy Bond is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows ""The Lone Gunmen"" and ""The X-Files"", two science fiction shows about government conspiracies to hide or deny the truth from the people. Portrayed by American actor Stephen Snedden, Jimmy was a main character in the first and only season of ""The Lone Gunmen"" and made one appearance in ""The X-Files"". He was an associate of The Lone Gunmen, he worked with the group and helped to finance their"
"""The Lone Gunmen"" writer John Shiban joined the writing team and was also named co-executive producer. Berman called the recruitment of Shiban a ""coup"" for the series. Shiban stayed for the second season, while Black left after the third. The fourth season of ""Enterprise"" saw a change to the leadership for the crew, with Manny Coto taking over as executive producer and showrunner from Braga and Berman. He had previously come onto the writing staff during the third season, and wrote the well received episode """". Coto was a fan of ""The Original Series"" and sought to link ""Enterprise"" closer"
"nanotechnology, which series creator Chris Carter vetoed for fear that it would squander possibly the show's one chance to showcase the Gunmen. Carter then proposed an episode about how The Lone Gunmen came to be. Soon after, Gilligan developed the script, setting it in Baltimore. Duchovny is featured in a few of the episode's scenes, which were shot weeks after the majority of the episode. The episode began to clearly delineate the personalities of The Lone Gunmen. Executive producer Frank Spotnitz explained, ""Up [until 'Unusual Suspects'], they were sort of interchangeable in the information they delivered. But then Vince, who"
"series stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson for the filming of ""The X-Files"" movie in Los Angeles. Writing duties fell to Vince Gilligan, who initially drafted a story about nanotechnology, before changing to the origins of The Lone Gunmen on behest of series creator Chris Carter. In addition, ""Unusual Suspects"" served as a cross-over with the NBC series """", featuring Richard Belzer's Detective John Munch character. Gillian Anderson as main character FBI Special Agent Dana Scully is absent in the episode. The episode opens ""in medias res"" in 1989, when a SWAT team conducts a raid on a Baltimore warehouse."
"Thomas Schnauz Thomas Schnauz is an American television producer and television writer. His credits include ""The X-Files"", ""The Lone Gunmen"", ""Night Stalker"", ""Reaper"", ""Breaking Bad"", and ""Better Call Saul"". Schnauz was born in New Jersey. He attended New York University's Tisch School of Arts, where he first met fellow student Vince Gilligan. Schnauz graduated from Tisch in 1988. Schnauz started his career in various production jobs. His first screenplay was called ""Spirits in Passing"". He eventually joined Vince Gilligan on the writing staffs of ""The X-Files"" and its spinoff show, ""The Lone Gunmen"". He also co-wrote the screenplays for the"
"and explain what happened to him. The idea for ""Unusual Suspects"" arose when the show's producers were faced with a dilemma in August of 1997: Fox demanded that they begin production on the fifth season of the show, but series co-stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were still working on ""The X-Files"" movie in Los Angeles, and would be unavailable until the start of the next month. To solve this problem, the producers decided to write an episode focusing on The Lone Gunmen. Staff writer Vince Gilligan was assigned to pen the episode, and he initially drafted a story involving"
"seen in ""E.B.E."", would become regular characters beginning the second season, eventually starring in the spin-off series ""The Lone Gunmen""; whilst the episode ""Tooms"" introduced Walter Skinner, portrayed by Mitch Pileggi, who would go on to be billed as a series star by the ninth season. The abduction of Mulder's sister Samantha was explored in the episodes ""Pilot"", ""Conduit"", and ""Miracle Man"", and would go on to become one of the central themes of the series as a whole. California native Chris Carter was given the opportunity to produce new shows for the Fox network in the early 1990s. Tired"
"stunt coordinator for the series. It was announced that Jon Foo and Justin Hires would star as Detectives Lee and Carter for the CBS series, along with Aimee Garcia and Jessika Van in regular roles. It was announced that the network picked up the series. The television series was cancelled after only one season. Rush Hour (franchise) The ""Rush Hour"" franchise is a series of American action comedy films created by Ross LaManna and directed by Brett Ratner. All three films center on a pair of police detectives: Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective"
"wanted to bring back several characters and unresolved plot lines, mostly notably the disappearance of Susanne Modeski, who had last appeared in season five's ""The Unusual Suspects"". Gilligan explained, ""I'd been thinking a lot about what happened to Susanne Modeski—what happened to her after she drove off with X in that mysterious car at the end of 'Unusual Suspects'"". Gilligan and Shiban soon formulated a plot that revolved around the Lone Gunmen in Las Vegas, ""Las Vegas just seemed a really good place to put these guys"", according to Gilligan. He explained: ""First of all, because the idea of them"
"Jimmy Bond Jimmy Bond is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows ""The Lone Gunmen"" and ""The X-Files"", two science fiction shows about government conspiracies to hide or deny the truth from the people. Portrayed by American actor Stephen Snedden, Jimmy was a main character in the first and only season of ""The Lone Gunmen"" and made one appearance in ""The X-Files"". He was an associate of The Lone Gunmen, he worked with the group and helped to finance their newspaper through his family's wealth. In contrast to the cynical, intellectual, world-weary Gunmen, Jimmy is portrayed as a"
"submitted a script to Fox which became the second season episode ""Soft Light"". He went on to write 29 more episodes, in addition to being co-executive producer of 44 episodes, executive producer of 40, co-producer of 24, and supervising producer of 20. He also co-created and became executive producer of ""The X-Files"" spin-off series ""The Lone Gunmen"". The series only ran for one season of 13 episodes. Gilligan created, wrote, directed, and produced the AMC drama series ""Breaking Bad"". He created the series with the premise that the hero would become the villain. ""Television is historically good at keeping its"
"10 comics where The Lone Gunmen faked their deaths. The Lone Gunmen's appearance was nearly cancelled when casting agents were unable to find Dean Haglund after he moved to Sydney, Australia. Haglund learned of the search from Bruce Harwood at a convention in Connecticut. In the episode, they appear in Mulder's hallucination. The casting of Lauren Ambrose and Robbie Amell as Agents Einstein and Miller was also announced in July 2015. Eric Breker, who plays Agent Brem in this episode, previously appeared as several different characters in various episodes, including ""Apocrypha"", ""Demons"", ""Emily"" and ""Christmas Carol"". ""Babylon"" was met with"
"City. The Lone Gunmen died from the virus and Fletcher was present at their funeral. Howard Grodin and Jeff Smoodge, played by Michael Buchman Silver and Scott Allan Campbell respectively, were co-workers of Morris Fletcher at Area 51. Men in Black (The X-Files) On ""The X-Files"" television show, the term Men in Black refers to a group of enforcers employed by the Syndicate to execute assassinations, cover-ups and other covert operations. It is implied that most, if not all, of them are former members of special operations units. Some, mostly shown in comedic episodes, parodied the traditional view of MIBs"
"who owns a popular campground that is being threatened by a band of arrogant groupies. However, the show didn't catch on and was quickly canceled. Brother team Lawrence and Charles Gordon tried to market Swayze's rebel look, combine the gang concept with a police angle and came up with ""The Renegades"". Roger Spottiswoode directed the TV movie pilot that first broadcast on August 11, 1982 and a six-episode series was later broadcast in 1983. It had weak ratings and ABC cancelled the show. The Renegades (TV series) The Renegades is an American mystery crime drama series about a street gang"
"Walter Skinner FBI Assistant Director Walter Sergei Skinner is a fictional character in the Fox science fiction-supernatural television shows ""The X-Files"" and ""The Lone Gunmen"" portrayed by American actor Mitch Pileggi. Skinner supervised the X-Files office, which is concerned with cases with particularly mysterious or possibly supernatural circumstances that were left unsolved and shelved by the FBI. Fox Mulder, the FBI agent in charge of the X-Files, considers the X-Files the truth behind the supposed conspiracy. Skinner was a main character in the ninth, tenth and eleventh seasons of the show and a recurring character throughout the first eight seasons."
"""Case of the One-eyed Parrot"". Other mysteries scripted by Morse included ""The Witch of Endor"", ""The City of the Dead"", ""Captain Post: Crime Specialist"", ""The Game Called Murder"" and ""Dead Men Prowl"". He also did four programs based on San Francisco Police Department files: ""Chinatown Squad"", ""Barbary Coast Nights"", ""Killed in Action"" and ""To the Best of Their Ability"". Morse worked closely with San Francisco Police Chief William J. Quinn, who narrated all four series. Morse's major successes were ""One Man's Family"", and ""I Love a Mystery"". ""One Man's Family"" began in 1932, with ""I Love A Mystery"" following in"
"hidden collective of the world's greatest minds. What's more, this group has been operating in the shadows for more than a century, founded by none other than Albert Einstein himself. Payne and Jones soon find themselves drawn into the mystery. On a collision course with the man behind the massacre, the duo must follow the history of scientific discovery in order to stop a villain determined to use modern advancements to create his own vision of the future—a future where he alone controls who may live and who will die. The Hunters series follows the adventures of a team of"
"The Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series, a spinoff of the 1984 comedy movie ""Ghostbusters"". The series ran from September 13, 1986 to October 5, 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Animation City and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer. ""The Real"" was added to the title after a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties. There also were two ongoing ""Real Ghostbusters"" comics, one published monthly"
"the police can't help. Sometimes he has Carlos assist him in some of his cases and at other times they help Walker on several of his cases, which often involve personal issues, or Trent turns over his current case Finally, in 1999, they got their own spin-off series, which only lasted six episodes. Carlos resigns from the PD after his partner is murdered by a serial killer. He teams up with Trent to find the assassin and they later decide to form their own private investigation firm called Thunder Investigation. ""Sons of Thunder"" was not picked up for the fall"