The long-awaited second X-Files film has been given the go-ahead and will be released next June.
The untitled project reunites X-Files creator Chris Carter with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who will reprise their signature roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
Carter begins filming in December in Vancouver from a script he co-wrote with Frank Spotnitz, a veteran writer of the long-running X-Files television series.
The TV series ran for nine years from 1993 to 2002 and became a worldwide hit. Spotnitz and Carter also co-wrote the screenplay for 1998 film version of the show.
The second film's storyline is being kept under wraps, but 20th Century Fox have stressed that the movie is a stand-alone story and supernatural thriller that takes the complicated relationship between Mulder and Scully in new directions.
Released in 1998, The X-Files feature film grossed $187m worldwide.
