The X-Files are coming back and the 21-minute special released on their YouTube channel gives fans a sneak peak look at the exciting return of The X-Files. The show will be returning for an exciting mini-series and will follow up with Mulder and Scully, bringing them back to the X-Files that started it all and trying to figure out the truth of the paranormal.

In this 21-minutes special, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny share information about the upcoming mini-series, including how it was the fans that were the encouragement behind this new mini series that will be showing 6 episodes on Fox in January.  The show will be set up with the show’s biggest mythology and story arcs will be in the first and last episode, while the four middle episodes will be more about the “monsters” and the creatures that we all know and love to see when watching The X-Files.

Check out the exciting featurette below and be ready to see The X-Files Re-Opened next month. Be warned, there are some spoilers for the older series in this featurette, so if you do not want to see any spoilers, please do not watch.