Millennium Movie Happening Without Chris Carter?
Chris Carter used to be a big moneymaker for 20th Century Fox, with The X-Files and its movie and his other series, Millennium. But now all those franchises are finished, so what does Fox plan to do with Carter? Throw him under the bus, of course.
Well, it depends on your perspective, I guess, what exactly they're doing. Screen Rant is reporting on plans for an independent production company to make a Millennium movie, with the participation of star Lance Henriksen but not Carter. Screen Rant is speculating that Fox might not produce the film but will distribute it, letting them get around using Carter but using the rights to the franchise that they own. And there's even a director potentially lined up: Brett A. Hart, who is actually saying he'll make the thing for free.
Of course Hart, smartly, is playing dumb on the whole thing-- either that or he really doesn't know anything. Here's what he told Screen Rant:
It seems likely that if the movie happens, it'll be on a pretty small scale, and a whole lot cheaper than those not-so-profitable X-Files movies. But Millennium fans will probably just be happy, like Hart, to see the movie happen at all.
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