The official announcement of the development of the film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the second feature film based on the television series The X-Files.
Principal photography for The X-Files: I Want to Believe started, marking the production phase of the movie.
Principal photography for the movie was completed.
Fox Mulder is no longer working with the FBI, and Dana Scully is a medical doctor. Mulder is approached about a kidnapping case.
Young boy named Ralph is abducted, triggering the main investigation of the film.
FBI agent Dakota Whitney asks Mulder to help in the case due to his expertise in unusual and paranormal cases.
Mulder seeks medical and scientific advice from Scully to help with the investigation.
Mulder meets Father Joe McAlpin, a former priest and psychic who claims he can provide insight into the disappearance alongside mysterious psychic visions.
Clues suggest the kidnapping might have paranormal elements, including presence of a mysterious creature or entity.
Mulder experiences psychic events that lead to location of Ralph and confrontation with the kidnapper or supernatural entity.
Mulder and Scully reunite and discuss the case and its implication on their beliefs and relationship.