It is an old adage in Hollywood that you should always leave your audience wanting more. So it seems extraordinary that after nine seasons and two feature films, a redux of paranormal drama The X-Files could become the biggest show of the year.

But with just six one-hour episodes commissioned by the US studio 20th Century Fox, anticipation for the series is running high. And if the interest generated at the annual TV market Mipcom is any measure, this is going to be next year's biggest TV hit.

The truth is out there: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson star in a six-episode X-Files series remake.

Consider the audience here: seasoned television industry executives unfazed by either celebrity wattage or media noise. It takes a lot to get them excited about anything that isn't a game show with an over-sized lighting rig.

And yet, at the world premiere of The X-Files in Cannes' Palais des Festivals, there wasn't a spare seat. And the queue to get in snaked out of the building and down the Boulevard de la Croisette. That doesn't happen often here.