The result was a program called Frosty, which was written by David Alexander. Beck says Alexander, head of 3D on the film, wrote the program in Mel, the scripting language for Maya and had it drive Maya's particle engine through Sprite. Beck says the program is basically an interactive snow generator with about 50 controllable variables dealing with wind turbulence, where it falls and how it interacts with other objects. It also controls various types of blurring, including motion blur, lens blur and atmospheric blur, all of which have to be dealt with in the right order in order to look real, Beck says.

Once Frosty was up and running and integrated into the pipeline, Entity was able to generate the custom snow elements that most vfx shots in the movie needed. As the schedule got tighter, Beck says Entity shared Frosty and some of the elements with such companies as Illustrated Arts, Hybrid and Frantic Films to get the movie done.

Directed by series creator Chris Carter from a story he penned with exec producer Frank Spotnitz, THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE features an ensemble cast that includes Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit and the return of series veteran Mitch Pileggi as F.B.I. Assistant Director Walter Skinner.

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE will be available on single-disc DVD, Three-Disc Special Edition DVD with Digital Copy and the BD-Live enabled Blu-ray with Digital Copy.

Single-Disc DVD Special Features Include:

-- Includes both the Theatrical Version and Unrated Extended Cut of the film
-- Audio commentary by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
-- Body Parts: Special Make-up Effects featurette
-- Chris Carter: Statements on Green Production featurette
-- Deleted Scenes
-- Gag Reel
-- Music Slideshow -- "Dying 2 Live" by Xzibit
-- Theatrical Trailers
-- Still Galleries: Collectibles, Storyboards, Concept Art, Unit Photography

Three-Disc "The Ultimate X-Phile Edition" DVD:

Includes all of the above single-disc content plus the following additional bonus features:
-- "Trust No One: Can The X-Files Remain A Secret?" feature-length documentary
* Part 1 -- "You Can Go Home Again"
* Part 2 -- "Misinformation"
* Part 3 -- "Don't Give Up"
-- Digital Copy of the film for portable media players

Blu-ray Special Features Include:

Includes all of the above standard-def DVD special features, plus the following Blu-ray-exclusive elements:
--BD-Live web-enabled content: THE X-FILES Dossier: Agent Dakota Whitney Files -- create your own Special Agent avatar profile to browse through five X-FILES case files on clairvoyance; users can also participate in several online forensic challenges with Agent Drummy
-- BonusView mode: THE X-FILES Complete Interactive Timeline -- featuring 80 video clip segments from THE X-FILES archives and Picture-in-picture commentary with Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz (on Extended Cut version only)
-- In-Movie Features via BD remote direct access:
* Real-time Index (Red Button)
* BonusView Commentary (Green Button)
* Behind The Camera (Blue Button)
* Storyboards and Concept Art (Yellow Button)
-- Isolated Score track
-- Enhanced for D-Box Motion Code systems
-- Digital Copy of the film for portable media players

WANTED On DVD And Blu-ray

James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman star in the sexy, visually stunning, action thrill-ride WANTED, coming to DVD and Blu-ray on December 2 from Universal Studios Home Ent.

Visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, creator of DAY WATCH and NIGHT WATCH, two of the most successful films in the history of Russian cinema, brings his incomparable imagination and innovative cinematic style to bear on the explosive story of an ordinary man transformed by destiny into a powerful assassin. Based on Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series, WANTED blazes new cinematic trails with double-barreled surprises around every corner. Director Bekmambetov leads his cast, which also includes Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp and Common, through a twisted maze of intrigue packed with two-fisted action.