Fox eyeing reboot of 'X-Files,' 'Prison Break'

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[BenLurkin]

“It’s been reported and it’s true that we’ve had some conversations on the ‘The X-Files,’” Newman said about the Chris Carter-created sci-fi drama that capped off a nine-season run in 2002.

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“We are hopeful of being able to bring that back at some point,” Newman added.

[goldstategop]

No and no and no!

FOX should leave classics the hell well enough alone.

You don’t tinker with something that stands on it own.

I hate reboots.

[SamAdams76]

I liked the X-Files but those last 2-3 years were really out there.

[deadrock]

The first few seasons of xfiles were riveting.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

X-Files was good until the end.

Prison Break fell apart about the middle of the second season.

[molson209]

X-Files was good until the end.

LOL , that’s what always happens to a good Show , one of the Actors thinks They’re Great and heads off to the Movies and finds out they were only good on TV

[Ghost of SVR4]

Sure...why not? Might as well reboot Breaking Bad as well. And Star Trek; this time with lens flares!

[KarlInOhio]

X-Files fell apart after too many people, both actors and writers, left. They should have taken the hint and wrapped up the storyline. Prison Break's storyline was season 1: escape from prison, season 2: stay out of prison while being hunted, season 3: WTF?

I want them to bring back Firefly.

[wally_bert]

Completely agree.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[goldstategop]

What’s sad is Hollywood is trying to milk a franchise.

Star Trek comes to mind but ST:TNG was the rare exception that was able to capture “lightning in a bottle” twice.

Most reboots fail.

[wally_bert]

No Brisco County reboots either.

[SunkenCiv]

X-Files turned to a smoking pile of crap during the 6th season, and got worse from there.

Prison Break was and remains a weak concept at best.

Why not reboot “Party of Five”? ;’)

[molson209]

Doesn’t the Smoking Guy teach acting ?

[Captain Peter Blood]

I loved that show.

[Morpheus2009]

The X-Files? No!!! Because they went through so much conspiracy theory and sci-do material in the original X-Files that there is hardly anything new to do with it. Maybe if they could make a movie set in 2012 about the alien wars with the original cast that would be cool, but I wouldn’t see a need to watch a reboot. Plus, I fear that they wouldn’t capture the scare factor as well.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That's Cigarette Man to you.

;>P

[Morpheus2009]

Yeah, now that was an interesting series. Though Serenity, the movie was kind of the conclusion.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Only if they can get a 30-year old Bruce Campbell to play Brisco.

[goldstategop]

It worked for its time but doing it with a fresh cast is a challenge.

I mean its not going to be the original and to make it like the original is a setup for a guaranteed flop.