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Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files Reboot Ordered to Pilot by Disney-Owned Hulu
The truth is out there… and it’s heading back to your screen. Disney-owned Hulu has officially ordered a pilot for a reboot of The X-Files from filmmaker Ryan Coogler.
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According to Variety, Danielle Deadwyler is attached to star as one of the two lead FBI agents. The other lead role has not yet been cast. The logline teases two highly decorated but vastly different agents who form an unlikely bond after being assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to unexplained phenomena. Yes, that division.
Coogler will write, direct, and executive produce the pilot under his Proximity Media banner. Proximity co-founders Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler will also executive produce, alongside Simone Harris. Jennifer Yale is set to serve as showrunner and executive producer. Original series creator Chris Carter will also executive produce, keeping a thread of DNA from the original run woven into this new chapter.
The original The X-Files aired from 1993 to 2002 and became a pop culture phenomenon, starring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully. The paranormal procedural followed the pair as they investigated strange and often unsettling cases tucked away in the FBI’s basement files. The franchise also included a 1998 feature film and 2008’s The X-Files: I Want to Believe, plus a two-season revival that aired in 2016 and 2018.
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At this time, neither Duchovny nor Anderson are attached to the Hulu pilot. The new project is being developed by Onyx Collective and 20th Television.
With Coogler’s cinematic style and a fresh cast stepping into the shadows, this reboot could aim for something atmospheric and character driven while honoring the eerie legacy of the original. The basement office light may be flickering back on.
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