FOX Developing An Animated Comedy Inspired By X-Files

For years, X-Files used to be the show that would cap off Sunday Nights for FOX that would typically start with The Simpsons which apparently caused some sort of cross-breeding scenario that gives way for a new animated comedy now in development called X-Files: Albuquerque.

The series comes from longtime Brickleberry/Paradise PD writers Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko that’s essentially a workplace comedy featuring the back-up team to the real agents who have to handle cases that just aren’t worth the effort for Mulder and Scully.  20th Television and FOX Entertainment are tag-teaming the development of this endeavor with Bento Box expected to produce. There to EP will be the deities  Chris Carter and Gabe Rotter. As of now, original show stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are not expected to reprise their roles as “Mulder” and “Scully”.

A script and presentation have been ordered by FOX.

[h/t: TV Line]

Our Take

Writers from Brickleberry working on a sci-fi animated comedy has so much potential here. Here’s hoping this will eventually add to FOX’s already packed list of orders for new series coming down the pike to go along with established franchises like Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers.