The “X-Files : I Want to Believe” DVD and Blu-Ray are out now (if you’re in Australian you can buy them here, if you’re in America you can buy them here; and keep an eye out for our review of the Blu-Ray next week) and to coincide with the release our buds at Bloody Disgusting chatted to the always amiable Frank Spotnitz, the film’s writer-producer about the future of the franchise.

It goes without saying, but Spotnitz says the DVD and Blu-Ray sales (you see those links up top?) will ultimately dictate whether another “X-Files” movie will happen.

If it does happen, he’s pretty certain it’ll fix on the 2012 storyline.
“If we were to do one more movie, I think it pretty obviously would have to deal with Alien Colonization”, Spotnitz says.

He continues, “In the series we say its coming in 2012, I honestly think that that is the movie that the fans are most eager to see. Hat would be the one I would want to make. For me I think its pretty integral to the series to make tell that story. With I WANT TO BELIEVE, we were un-teathered by the TV show, we could tell any story we want. If you are a fan of the show, you know that about 80% of the stories do NOT have anything to do with aliens; they were stand alone scary stories. This movie was more about the relationship between Mulder and Scully, and not so much about the X-File.”

Meantime, according to Variety, Spotnitz is developing a new drama at NBC. The new series surrounds a detective (to be played by Gabrielle Union of Spotnitz’s “Night Stalker”) who must race to save someone’s life before it’s too late.