Ryan Coogler (Sinners) is bringing “The X-Files” back to television with a brand new series, and Deadline reports today that Hulu has given the project a pilot greenlight this week.
In other words, Coogler’s “The X-Files” will at least receive a pilot episode, and Deadline additionally reports that Ryan Coogler himself will be writing and directing the pilot.
Danielle Deadwyler (The Woman in the Yard) will lead the cast.
In Coogler’s “The X-Files” pilot, “Two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents — one played by Deadwyler — form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.”
Jennifer Yale (The Copenhagen Test) is the showrunner. “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter will produce. No word yet on appearances from Gillian Anderson or David Duchovny.
Coogler told Last Podcast on the Left last year, “I’ve been excited about that for a long time and I’m fired up to get back to it. Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really fucking scary.” Coogler also promised at the time, “We’re going to try to make something really great, and make something for the real X-Files fans and maybe find some new ones.”
“The X-Files” originally ran for nine seasons from September 1993 to May 2002, with tenth and eleventh seasons arriving in 2016 and 2018. In total, 218 episodes were made.
Additionally, the universe of “The X-Files” was expanded upon with two feature films: The X-Files: Fight the Future in 1998 and later The X-Files: I Want to Believe in 2008.
