The great Barbara Hershey, who starred in the 1982 horror classic The Entity before joining the Insidious franchise as well as Fox’s The Omen series “Damien”, is tapped for a role on Fox’s next season of “The X-Files”, reports Deadline.
Oscar-nominated Hershey will play Erika Price, a powerful figure who represents a mysterious organization. She joins returning stars David Duhovny and Gillian Anderson and co-star Mitch Pileggi.
Season 11 will feature 10 brand new episodes.
On the writing staff, Chris Carter once again reunites with former producers Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan and James Wong. The quartet will be joined by relative newcomers Gabe Rotter (a writers assistant on Season 9), Benjamin Van Allen (a writers assistant on Season 10) and Brad Follmer (Carter’s personal assistant during Season 8 and 9).
Production on Season 11 begins later this summer ahead of an early 2018 launch.