Julianne Moore to play Dana Scully

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An anonymous reader writes "Hot on the heels of the news from David Duchovny that FOX and Chris Carter are finally producing the long-awaited sequel to 'The X-Files: Fight the Future', actor Gillian Anderson has announced that she will not be returning as geek fav, the delectable Special Agent Dana Scully. Instead, Julianne Moore will be portraying the hot science babe G-woman. "

omgponies

[nbritton]

I want omgponies. Who's julianne moore? I want omgponies.

Scully really isn't

[chanrobi]

Scully if it isn't going to be played by Gillian Anderson. I don't think I can explain it any better than this.

Anderson's career

[bsandersen]

I had no idea that Anderson's career was going so well that she should skip this. I guess Bleak House and that one appearance on Fraiser really put her over the top. {sigh}

Re:Slashdot Editors

[Refelian]

Slashdot has editors?

Re:Mmmmmm

[misanthrope101]

I only liked the show because Anderson's character was so stuck up. I dug the ice-maiden thing. When they made her more human and vulnerable (i.e. after I saw her cry) I started to lose interest. The off-putting "why do you exist again?" raised-eyebrow look was quite the draw.

As cheesecake Anderson isn't that much. Even as an actress Anderson isn't that much. But neither is Moore, in either department. Moore did better than I thought she would at playing Clarice Starling, but she still is too vulnerable to play such cerebral and (to me) cold women. And I happen to like cerebral and cold women.

Not so sure this is a hoax

[Anonymous Meoward]

For a few simple reasons:

• Anderson is tired of the role, and has said so in the past
• She most certainly does not need the money, and is free to take whatever projects she pleases
• All other players (with the exception of Julianne Moore) probably do need the money. Especially since Duchovny's last flick was a slightly smaller bomb than the one dropped on Hiroshima
• And besides, GA has been taking other, vastly different roles (e.g. "Last King of Scotland", "Bleak House") to avoid getting "Shatnerred"

Mad props to her if that's the case. The whole X-Files franchise has been sucked dry of any worth for years anyway.