--- description: X-Files returns next January after more than a decade off the air, and star David Duchovny says the script is "fantastic." title: 'X-Files' Star David Duchovny Says He Cried When He Read New Script image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5ad4c672d8c4754/698851c306f2c100d133a5b5/david-duchovny.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _X-Files_ Star David Duchovny Says He Cried When He Read New Script  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2015 12:16 PM CUT  David Duchovny at Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 11, 2015. David Duchovny at Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 11, 2015.Andrew Toth/FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 27, 2015 12:16 PM CUT _X-Files_ returns next January after more than a decade off the air, and star David Duchovny says the new script is “fantastic.” Duchovny, who starred on the original show from 1993 to 2002, described its relaunch as an emotional experience, according to an [interview](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/26/x-files-david-duchovny "undefined") in _Entertainment Weekly_. “I got the first script this morning,” he told _EW_. “I just read it about an hour ago and I started crying reading the first page.” The _X-Files_ revival will run as a six-episode miniseries on Fox. Read more at [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/26/x-files-david-duchovny "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/"},"headline":"X-Files Star David Duchovny Says He Cried When He Read New Script","datePublished":"2015-05-27T12:16:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:39:08.249Z","description":"The show will be back as a miniseries next January","url":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5ad4c672d8c4754/698851c306f2c100d133a5b5/david-duchovny.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5ad4c672d8c4754/698851c306f2c100d133a5b5/david-duchovny.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Duchovny","caption":"David Duchovny at Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 11, 2015.","creditText":"Andrew Toth/FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/","name":"X-Files Star David Duchovny Says He Cried When He Read New Script"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3897553/x-files-david-duchovny-new-script/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```