The X-Files six-episode event series has begun filming in Vancouver and David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and a slew of others were quick to post pictures on their social media and we are now forever grateful and excited!

Gillian Anderson’s tweets:

Pic of her standing gear (why oh why must they fake the height difference – says the 6′ writer of this post):

And from the official X-Files Twitter account:

And let’s not leave out Mr. Mulder!

From X-Files creator Chris Carter – one of his two Instagram posts ever (hopefully he’ll go Instagram crazy!):

#TheXFiles @thexfilesfox A photo posted by Chris Carter (@chriscarter1013) on

From castmember Joel McHale (Community):

And finally some great shots from The Vancouver Sun! In fact, if you click the link in the tweet, you’ll get to see a bunch more pics.

IT. IS. HAPPENING!

The new X-Files will premiere on January 24, 2016 on FOX.

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