Fox has offered an update on The X-Files season 12 – and it's not good news for fans.
In a conference call today (May 14), network co-chairman and CEO Gary Newman said that "there are no plans to do another season at the moment" (via TVLine).
The news comes after Gillian Anderson confirmed that season 11 would be her last outing as Agent Scully. "I was a bit surprised by people's [shocked] reaction to my announcement… because my understanding was that this was a single season," she explained.
Despite this, creator Chris Carter still seemed pretty confident of future episodes without Agent Scully.
"I think there will be more X-Files. They haven't locked up the file cabinet in Mulder's office. There's still more stories to be told," he outlined after the season 11 finale.
"It's not the same X-Files without Mulder and Scully. In the same breath, there is a lot of life left in the show. I think you haven't seen the end."
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If there isn't a season 12, that means the show ends on a cliffhanger after the season 11 finale saw Scully reveal that she was pregnant, which followed the controversial reveal that her and Agent Mulder's son William was not actually Mulder's son at all.
"People will either love me or hate me. I think they'll have reasons for both. It certainly is one of the most interesting cliffhangers that the show has ever had," defended Carter.
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