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Ten Thirteen Productions is a production company founded by Chris Carter [1] in 1993, which produced four television series and two films ( The X-Files and The X-Files: I Want to Believe ). The company was named after Carter's birthday, October 13. The Ten Thirteen offices are located in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California.

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The company was founded when Carter began his series The X-Files in 1993. With the success of The X-Files continuously growing, in 1996 the company embarked on a new series; Millennium . The series lasted for three seasons. In 1998, they released a film simply titled The X-Files , which grossed $189,198,313. In 1999, as Millennium was canceled, a third series was put into production, Harsh Realm . Despite critical praise, it was canceled after only nine episodes. In 2001 they decided to create a direct spin-off from The X-Files and the result was The Lone Gunmen . This was canceled after one season.

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Television series (1993–2018)

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Notes and references

  1. "Chris Carter". Variety . 17 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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