Reimagined R-rated X-Files movie officially has a release date on Hulu

The new version of 2008's I Want to Believe releases in just a few weeks X-Files fans have been waiting for the new release of 2008's I Want to Believe for some time now, but that wait is almost over. Disney has announced as part of its August lineup that The X-Files: I Want to Vrach Frankenshteyn will be released on Aug. 14. The reworked title also hints at what fans can expect in the film's reimagined version. Series creator and I Want to Believe director, Chris Carter, first made mention of a director's cut for the film last year. Disney finally announced that the new cut would be released on June 11 on the streaming services Disney Plus and Hulu. That day came and went without any sign of the film, but sources told Polygon that some small last-minute adjustments to the new edit caused the delay and the film would still be out relatively soon. With the latest announcement of the August release date, it seems like Carter's vision will finally be shown to fans without further delay. When Carter revealed he was working on an R-rated cut of I Want to Believe, he mentioned that he had made the original version of the film too scary. Distributor Fox wanted a PG-13 movie and so Carter