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From Cinescape
Chris Carter is talking about the upcoming Lone Gunmen TV series.
While chatting with Ian Spelling's Inside Trek & Sci Fi column, Carter sounded almost amazed that a TV show featuring the oddball X-Files trio is actually happening, saying, "The Lone Gunmen worked in 'E.B.E.' They ended up working nicely through the body of our early shows and we got to know more about them later on, but I don't think anyone had the idea that these guys would ever have their own show."
Half joking, he adds, "I can tell you that there are a lot of people in Canada who are still scratching their heads. They're trying to figure out how Tom Braidwood, who was a first assistant director on The X-Files while we were in Vancouver, is the star of a television show."
Carter also talks about the need to add additional characters in the coming series, noting Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson) and Jimmy Bond (Stephen Snedden). He says, "You need something to bounce the geek comedy off of, and that something is a straight man and a straight woman, if you will. But I have to say that Zuleikha and Stephen score on their own...Stephen in particular is not a straight man at all - he is becoming the fourth Gunman."
Carter is, obviously, hoping that the midseason spin-off will take off rather than have a quick death like his aborted Harsh Realm. He says, "I hope X-Files fans will watch it. The comic episodes we've done of The X-Files are some of the most beloved episodes of the 180 we've done so far. So I'm hoping people will come to watch The Lone Gunmen like they watched those comic episodes of The X-Files."
He adds, "Beyond that, if you like Malcolm in the Middle, you will like The Lone Gunmen. It's just good comedy, tight and funny. If you like the Farrelly Brothers' movies, you're going to want to come and watch this."
--Cinescape
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