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Established director and TV producer who directed over 50 episodes of ”The X-Files” and episodes of “Supernatural” died on Sunday in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from lung cancer.

Kim Manners started in showbiz as a director and production manager for “Charlie’s Angels” in the 70’s. He later went on to work on series like “21 Jump Street,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Baywatch” and later went on to direct the “X-Files” for which he received four Emmy nods due to his work on the show.

“Kim had a blazing intensity that inspired everyone—writers, producers, actors and crew…as long as he’d been a director, he never lost his passion for his work. Every time he got a script, he gave it his all,” said Frank Spotnitz, writer and producer of “The X-Files,” on his blog.

Eric Kripke, writer and producer for “Supernatural,” released a statement saying, “”Everyone at Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated”.

The title for the upcoming X-Files movie has been announced, and it’ll be a familiar one for the show’s fans: “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”

“I Want to Believe” is the slogan on the UFO poster which hung in FBI agent Fox Mulder’s office throughout the original TV series.

Creator Chris Carter, who also directed and co-wrote the upcoming movie, said the movie’s title reflects the inner conflict of his main protagonist.

“It’s a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science,” he said. “‘I Want to Believe’ – it really does suggest Mulder’s struggle with his faith.”

The second spin-off film of the X-Files series will see David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles as FBI agents Mulder and Dana Scully, who investigated paranormal phenomena throughout the show’s nine seasons ending in 2002.

“The X-Files: I Want to Believe” will hit theatres July 25.

Rapper and notorious ride-pimper Xzibit will join Amanda Peet and comedian Billy Connolly in the upcoming X-Files movie.

Xzibit was originally unavailable for the supporting role because he was signed on to star in Oliver Stone’s drama Pinkville, alongside Bruce Willis and Woody Harrelson. The film was postponed due to the writers’ strike and Xzibit was free to pimp the X-Files sequel with his presence.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles as Mulder and Scully in the second film based on the popular sci-fi series, E! News reports.

Details of the supporting roles of the film are top secret and the plot remains a mystery.

However, it has been leaked that the new film will steer clear of the confusing “mythology” of the series and instead focus on the supernatural unknown, according to E! News.

X-Files creator Chris Carter will direct the film.

Vancouver will once again be the hunting grounds of paranormal activity for Mulder and Scully.

“The X-Files” movie sequel, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as the intrepid FBI agents, will be shot in Vancouver starting Dec. 10.

It is the second movie based on the TV series of the same name, which ran from 1993 to 2002.

Original creator Chris Carter is set to write and direct.

The TV series was shot in Vancouver during its first five seasons, but moved to Los Angeles in later seasons. The relocation was due to a number of reasons, including Duchovny wanting to spend more time with his wife, actress Téa Leoni.

The first X-Files movie came out in 1998 and was shot in California, New Jersey, London and British Columbia. It was made on a budget of about $65 million and went on to gross $187 worldwide.

A sequel had been delayed due to legal wrangling between Carter and 20th Century Fox.

The new movie’s location is good news for British Columbia’s film industry, with about 100 crew members from the province expected to find work on the film.

Vancouver is no stranger to sci-fi shows. The success of “X-Files” and two other Vancouver-made shows of that era, “The Outer Limits” and “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” kick-started the trend of bringing other TV series about the paranormal to the city.

Recent sci-fi shows to call Vancouver home include “Stargate SG-1,” “Stargate Atlantis,” “Andromeda,” “Millennium” (another Carter creation), “Supernatural,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Eureka,” “Kyle-XY” and “Flash Gordon.”

The as-yet-untitled X-Files sequel is scheduled to hit theatres in June 2008.