Following the Entertainment Weekly magazine cover featuringGillian Anderson(Dana Scully) andDavid Duchovny(Fox Mulder) from theUntitled X-Files Revival, the publication has released eightnew photos, giving us our first look at two new cast members, Annet Mahendru andJoel McHale, along with more images of Mulder and Scully on their first case in more than a decade. We also get a look at the title page for theseason premierescript, which is entitled"My Struggle", along with a behind-the-scenes shot of series creatorChris Carterin a production meeting.
As you can see in the first photo below, Mulder is looking rather disheveled, withDavid Duchovnyrevealing his character is in a “dark, dark place” when the series picks up. We have no details about how he got to this place. The last time we saw both Mulder and Scully together was in the 2008 movieThe X-Files: I Want to Believe. The series premiere,“My Struggle”, centers on Mulder and Scully investigating Annet Mahendru’s character, who is believed to be a “possible alien abductee,” according toJoel McHale’s character, a conservativetalk show hostwho gives Mulder and Scully the tip to investigate her.
David Duchovnyrevealed in March that the show will be a mix of mythology and “monster of the week” cases, with originalThe X-FilesstarsMitch Pileggi(Walter Skinner) andWilliam B. Davis(The Cigarette Smoking Man) also set to return. There have been rumors thatAnnabeth Gish(Monica Reyes) andRobert Patrick(John Doggett) are also returning for the series, but that has not been confirmed. While we wait for more details, check out the new photos below.
