{"id":6105,"date":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","slug":"listen-how-chris-carter-got-a-second-shot-at-the-x-files-i-want-to-believe-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6105","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: How Chris Carter Got a Second Shot at \u2018The X-Files: I Want to Believe\u2019 Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tOn today\u2019s episode of \u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast, \u201cThe X-Files\u201d creator Chris Carter explains to <em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s Michael Schneider how he got the chance to do a director\u2019s cut of his 2008 \u201cThe X-Files: I Want to Believe\u201d feature film. The new cut dubbed \u201cThe X-Files: I Want to Believe: Vrach Frankenshteyn\u201d debuted Aug. 14 on Hulu and Disney+ outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6103\">\u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day,\u2019 \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 Continue Tussle Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/strictly-business-1\/daily-variety-how-chris-carter-got-his-second-shot-at-the-x-files-i-want-to-believe-film\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\tCarter points out that his preferred cut is actually shorter than the original release, which ran 144 minutes, per IMDB.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI always felt like people didn\u2019t see the movie I intended to make,\u201d Carter says, noting that 20th Century Studios executive Steve Asbell helped get the director\u2019s cut project off the ground. \u201cI asked him, \u2018Have you ever thought about doing a director\u2019s cut?\u2019 And it was really just offhand. And he said, \u2018Why? Would you like to do one?\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019d love to do one.\u2019 I can tell you, though, the reason for doing the director\u2019s cut for me is not to put all the stuff that was taken out, but to put the right stuff in that was taken out.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\tCarter discloses that for the original release in 2008, he was under a lot of pressure to ensure that the film would secure at PG-13 rating. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6101\">David F. Sandberg to Direct Horror Movie \u2018Mommy\u2019s Home\u2019 For Lionsgate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen we showed them our first cut, the studio freaked out. They said, \u2018This is torture porn. And you can\u2019t do this for a PG-13 movie.\u2019 So we cut it back and we satisfied them. And then we gave it to the motion picture folks, and they said, this isn\u2019t a PG-13 movie. And we cut it back even further,\u201d Carter says. \u201cSo the movie you\u2019re seeing is, by and large, the movie that my partner in crime, [writer-producer] Frank Spotnitz, and I set out to make. And we always set out to make a very scary movie on a very limited budget, which is kind of the way we made \u2018The X Files\u2018 TV series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCarter makes a point of alerting \u201cThe X-Files\u201d faithful to the independent horror film that he and his wife, writer Dori Carter, have recently completed in Vancouver. \u201cQueens For a Day\u201d revolves around \u201ca very flawed person who has to go back in time and live her life through in someone else\u2019s shoes,\u201d Carter explains. 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