With The X-Files having come to an end just over two years ago, now comes news that the quest to find out if the truth really is out there will continue in animated form.

Courtesy of Variety, FOX has ordered a new animated comedy show called The X-Files: Albuquerque.

The early word on Albuquerque has the series centring on the X-Files B-team of misfit agents who deal with the more crazy and ridiculous cases that are too out-there for Mulder and Scully to waste their time on.

The X-Files creator Chris Carter is serving as an executive producer on this new show, with Movie 43 and Brickleberry duo Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko to write Albuquerque and also likewise act as executive producers.

No premiere date has been set at this stage for The X-Files: Albuquerque, although FOX has given the show a full series order.