X Files 2 Trailer

The trailer for the film The X Files: I Want to Believe was widely circulated on the Internet in the months leading up to the movie's July 25, 2008, release. Details about the plot of the movie were kept to a minimum in the trailer, leaving one critic to describe it as "cryptic at best."¹

Fast Facts

1. First teaser trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe shown at WonderCon in February 2008²
2. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are featured in the trailer as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully
3. Agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) tells Mulder she called him in because she values "his belief in this phenomenon"³
4. Billy Connolly plays Father Joseph Crissman
5. Crissman is having psychic visions; he sees a woman in danger³
6. At one point, Crissman's eyes begin to bleed³
7. Scully tells Mulder she's "done chasing monsters in the dark"³
8. Crissman leads an FBI team to a snowy, wooded area and proclaims, "It's here!"³
9. Trailer ends with refrain of the X Files theme music

X Files 2 Fast Facts

1. Release date: July 25, 2008
2. Director: Chris Carter
3. Producers: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
4. Screenplay: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
5. MPAA rating: PG-13
6. The X-Files: I Want to Believe is based on the television drama The X Files

X Files 2 Cast

• David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
• Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
• Amanda Peet as Dakota Whitney
• Billy Connolly as Father Joseph Crissman
• Xzibit as Agent Mosley Drummy

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