Wanting to Believe at the "X-Files" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

Los Angeles - It has been ten years since FBI agents Mulder and Scully chased after the strange and unexplained in a big-screen flick, but fans of "The X-Files" are still ready to believe. Scores of them proved it at the Hollywood premiere of "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" held at Graumans Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on Wednesday night, as they cheered on David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz as the foursome strolled the sunny red carpet and then sat down for a quick Q both have been doing the media rounds leading up to the films opening on Friday, July 25. As Duchovny told reporters earlier, this movie was something he was sure would eventually make it to the big screen.

"It seems like a long time," he pondered, "and people are asking me about it being ten years since the last movie, but its only been six years since the show ended. When you think about a nine-year run for Gillian and Chris (Carter) and me, I think the burnout would take you at least three years to get over, honestly. Then youre talking about trying to develop a movie."

In other words, Duchovny insisted that this new adventure flick is actually right on time, in the grand scheme of things. "Its really not that slow when you think about it. Its actually kind of on the heels of what was possible, given the amount of work that we did on it over that decade," he said.

Co-star (and Scottish actor-comedian) Billy Connolly didnt make it across the pond for the glittery premiere, but the other stars of the kept-under-wraps film happily did. Amanda Peet joined Xzibit and Callum Keith Rennie - all three have key roles in the mystery that unfolds in the movie. And plenty of other famous faces headed into the venerable theater to be the first to see what happens to Scully and Mulder this time out. Diane Kruger, Martin Landau, and Tia Carrere stopped for photo ops, along with Bai Ling and Madeline Zima.

Duchovny and company are not worried about competition from other films, especially after seeing the fan turnout at the premiere.

"When you think about the kinds of movies that you might compare our movie to, you would say that its a thriller, that its kind of an R movie (the film is actually rated PG-13), that its an intellectual caper - whatever - but at the heart of it is the relationship between Mulder and Scully which is a real adult relationship," he said.

"Its two people trying to figure out their relationship while theyre doing their job, which just happens to be a very heightened reality of a job. So if you think about any other movie, all other movies in this genre theres never an actual relationship in them. Theres never actually that. So thats what I find interesting, and I think the fans do, too."