The truth is out there … a third “X-Files” movie is in the works.

So says “X-Files” star David Duchovny (Fox “Spooky” Mulder) in an interview with French entertainment site TVMag. And, though, he fails to flat out acknowledge that the second movie in the franchise X-Files: I Want to Believe sucked little green men balls, he does offer a couple of excuses for its box office failure.

He says:

It is in the process of being written. One awaits just the green light from Fox, a little disappointed from the relatively poor reception of the second film.

The error comes, in my opinion, that the authors strayed too far from the roots of the series. Moreover, the film was released in the summer. The third will be much closer to what the public expects, with government conspiracies, etc.

X-Files: I Want to Believe earned just a little over $68 million worldwide. By comparison, the first film in the series X-Files: Fight the Future raked in over $189 million in worldwide coin.

Fox Mulder is listed as one of Clatto’s 12 Heroes That Won’t make You Feel Like an Asshole.