Chris Carter, director of the upcoming “X-Files: I Want to
Believe,” has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep any details about the
sequel under wraps. The reason? Six years after the Fox sci-fi series went off
the air for good, its massive fanbase is as desperate as ever for a sneak peek
of what will happen to FBI special agents and star-crossed lovers Fox Mulder
(David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), enough to crash the
trailer’s official Web site within minutes of it being uploaded.

The film will not dwell on the mythological arc that fueled
the series, although Mulder and Scully’s love child that surfaced at the end of
season seven will be referenced. Leaked images of Duchovny and Anderson
passionately embracing were staged to fool the public. (Damn you, Carter. You
tease.) And with the same director, stars and writers, everything we loved
about the show will be back, even if we have to wait until the midsummer
release date. (Unless the hackers get to it first — after all, the truth is out
there.) July 25.