Fans out there for X Files premiere

8:12pm Thursday 31st July 2008

The UK premiere of supernatural thriller The X Files: I Want To Believe was attended by its stars, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, as fans screamed beside the red carpet.

The paranormal X Files "sensation" continues after nine globally successful TV series, three Golden Globes, an Emmy and the first film - The X Files in 1998, which grossed 187 million US dollars.

Duchovny, wearing a beige-coloured outfit, signed autographs and Anderson, wearing a flowing dress, waved at the crowd.

The pair spoke briefly outside the cinema in London's Leicester Square before going inside.

Created and executive produced by Chris Carter, the X Files, which began in 1993, chronicles the lives and adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, two dissimilar FBI agents assigned to investigate unsolved cases within the Bureau - cases which often involve the paranormal, the supernatural and the inexplicable.

The film also stars Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet and Xzibit.

It promises to take the complicated relationship between Mulder (Duchovny) and Scully (Anderson) in "unexpected directions".