Crazy X-Files Casting
IGN
Published · reached Usenet December 6, 2007
Crazy X-Files Casting Rapper and comedian board sci-fi flick.
UK, December 6, 2007 - A gangster rapper and a foul-mouthed Scottish comedian are hardly the first people who spring to mind when you think of The X-Files, but in one of this year's strangest casting decisions, Xzibit and Billy Connolly have signed up to star in a new celluloid incarnation of the series.
Xzibit will partner up with Amanda Peet to play a pair of FBI agents opposite David Duchovny's Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Scully. It's not clear at this point what role Connolly has, though his involvement will doubtless revolve around some form of comic relief.
Story-wise, the plot is being kept as secure as an alien locked down in Area 51, although the film will be a stand-alone feature rather than a direct sequel to either the TV series or the 1998 pic.
Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz have written the script, with Carter set to begin directing later this month for a July release.