Fox Developing X-Files Animated Comedy Spin-Off

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TVLine has learned that Fox is developing an animated comedy spin-off of The X-Files called The X-Files: Albuquerque. This may seem like a weird idea, but it shouldn’t come as a shock to die-hard fans, as the original show had a good amount of funny, light-hearted episodes (e.g., “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space”).



Unfortunately, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson won’t be involved. That’s because the show revolves around a new “B-team” of misfits. (Why the FBI would keep a team like that around, we have no idea.)



“The new iteration is an animated series about an office full of misfit agents who investigate the X-Files cases too wacky, ridiculous or downright dopey for Mulder & Scully to bother with,” TVLine wrote. “They’re basically the X-Files’ B-team.”



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[SeymourGore]

Sounds sorta like the comedic animated spin-off they made for Star Trek.

 

[Dan_D]

Why not? It worked so well for Star Trek.........................

 

[MadMummy76]

Why not? It worked so well for Star Trek.........................

A Star Trek comedy would work if done by people who actually like and respect the source material. Now where did we see that before?

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Normally I'd say since this is FOX, and it's sci-fi themed, it'd be canceled after one season. But since it's animated, we could be tortured by this for decades.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

A Star Trek comedy would work if done by people who actually like and respect the source material. Now where did we see that before?

. . .in other news it seems The Orville has been canceled. https://www.cinemablend.com/televis...eady-getting-cancelled-at-hulu-after-season-3

 

[Grimlakin]

What are they going to call it? Men in gray?

 

[MadMummy76]

. . .in other news it seems The Orville has been canceled. https://www.cinemablend.com/televis...eady-getting-cancelled-at-hulu-after-season-3

That's an unconfirmed rumor put out by the kurtzman trek sympatisers is what I heard.

 

[Dan_D]

From what I understand there is no credible evidence that the Orville has been cancelled.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

That's an unconfirmed rumor put out by the kurtzman trek sympatisers is what I heard.

From what I understand there is no credible evidence that the Orville has been cancelled.

We'll see. I definitely want it to keep going. The shift to Hulu, along with COVID-19, may have been a recipe for disaster. At the very least, we'll get season three and that's great news considering the cliffhanger.