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“American Pie” and “X-Files” stars on the box
Fox Mulder is returning to the box.
David Duchovny, best known as the intrepid E.T chaser on “The X-Files”, has given up his plight to become a big-screen superstar (wasn’t really working for him, was it?) and decided to return to the comfortable surroundings of a TV studio.
Duchovny will take the lead in a new untitled series for “Showtime” – something they can couple with “Weeds” – about a writer (Duchovny) who juggles a 16-year-old daughter, an ex-wife whom he still cares for and an insatiable appetite for beautiful women.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stephen Hopkins (“24”) is one of the producers. It’ll air in August.
Meantime, another film star is headed to TV. “American Pie” and “Loser” star Jason Biggs is set to star in a single-camera comedy called “I’m in Hell” for CBS.
The project, from CBS Paramount Network TV, centers on a high-flying Wall Street guy (Biggs) who dies in a BlackBerry-related car crash. Because hell is at full capacity, he is reassigned to “hell on Earth.” He is stripped of his career, his fancy apartment and the fabulous trappings of his former existence and must figure out a way to get by.
