Hulu is moving forward with a fresh chapter of The X-Files, officially granting a pilot order to a reboot spearheaded by Ryan Coogler. The filmmaker will write and direct the episode, with Danielle Deadwyler tapped as one of the two central FBI agents.
The original The X-Files debuted on Fox in 1993, running nine seasons and spawning two feature films before a brief revival in 2016. The series starred Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, investigating paranormal mysteries.
The updated series centers on “Two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.” While the premise echoes the original’s paranormal investigations, the new version is expected to reflect a contemporary lens.
Behind the scenes, Jennifer Yale has joined as showrunner and executive producer. Original creator Chris Carter will serve as a non-writing executive producer alongside Coogler and his Proximity Media partners, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler. Simone Harris is co-executive producing, with casting led by Francine Maisler.
The project has been in development for roughly three years and falls under Coogler’s overall television deal with Disney, the parent company of Hulu and 20th Television. Coogler later confirmed his involvement, sharing, “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 f*cking scary. We’re gonna try to make something really great and really be something for the real X-Files fans, and maybe find some new ones.”
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