Friday, July 25 “The X-Files” returns to the big screen. No change of characters or actors, no change of direction just the good old paranormal stuff that you remember from the TV series. Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder are back on track…and so are Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Rest assured: the chemistry between them has remained intact.

Although Gillian Anderson “found it quite tricky over the first couple of days to slide back into it,” she realized it was all coming back to her when she met David Duchovny.

“It was definitely the moment that [we] got into the same room together that it felt familiar again,” said Anderson, according to the New York Daily News.

The last time we saw “The X-Files” the series was six years ago. In 1998 it hit the big screen: “The X-Files: Fight the Future.” So…it was about time for a reprise. The movie’s director and also the show’s creator Chris Carter asked Anderson and Duchovny about a second movie and they quickly agreed.

Apparently producers were very careful about the secrecy of the script. They let actors see only the pages which contained their scenes and then they collected the pages and shredded them.

Duchovny and Anderson said that, in case the movie will indeed make the fans believe, they would be ready for other sequels. But if the movie is not all is expected to be, then it was a good way for closure.

“We're all willing to jump in there again if that's what's called for. Or to let it go,” said Anderson, according to the New York Daily News.

The actress also acknowledged the fact that “The X-Files” was her break and, thanks to the project, she progressed. She performed onstage in “Bleak House” on “Masterpiece Theatre” and played in 2006's “The Last King of Scotland.” Duchovny was the star of of Showtime's “Californication” where he played Hank Moody.

“The X-Files: I Want to Believe”

Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Billy Connolly
Director: Chris Carter
Release Date: July 25