Chris Carter on The X-Files Season 11: “We’ve added some popcorn to it. We’re taking the show’s mythology to a new place”

Entertainment Weekly

“We’ve added some elements,” Carter says of Season 11, which premieres tonight on Fox. “We’ve added some popcorn to it. We’re taking the show’s mythology to a new place, which we needed to do. We’ve added humor in more than one place. There’s a darker comedy, one (writer) Darin Morgan idiosyncratic episode, a couple of excellent (writer) Glen Morgan episodes. We’ve basically put the band back together with some notable additions. We also have three credited women writers, two women directors — like everyone else we’re taking a more diverse approach.”

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