# X-Files Creator Chris Carter on How His I Want to Believe Director’s Cut Dovetailed Into His Second Feature, Queens for a Day

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/x-files-creator-chris-carter-on-how-his-i-want-to-believe-directors-cut-dovetailed-into-his-second-feature-queens-for-a-day/
- Published: 2026-10-23T09:29:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T11:40:08+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/x-files-creator-chris-carter-on-how-his-i-want-to-believe-directors-cut-dovetailed-into-his-second-feature-queens-for-a-day
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- Carter’s director’s cut paved the way for his second feature.
- *Queens for a Day* was filmed in Vancouver over 32 days.
- Its political body-swap story explores empathy across generations.

## Summary

Chris Carter says restoring his 2008 film, *The X-Files: I Want to Believe*, helped lead into production of his second feature, *Queens for a Day*. The self-funded, politically minded film, written by his wife Dori Carter, turns a decades-old screenplay into a story about empathy across political and generational divides.

Carter completed his director’s cut in December 2025, then moved to Vancouver and filmed *Queens for a Day* over 32 days in early 2026, finishing its edit around 9 October. The story follows Judge Jerri, a conservative news pundit who wakes up in her estranged mother’s body in the 1950s after a car crash. Carter also restored the Frankenstein theme he felt Fox’s original edits had removed from *I Want to Believe*.

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