Ryan Coogler's 'The X-Files' Reboot Casts Danielle Deadwyler
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Hulu's revival of The X-Files has cast Danielle Deadwyler as one of the two lead FBI agents, marking the first major casting announcement for the series.
- Ryan Coogler, acclaimed director of Black Panther and Sinners, is confirmed to write and direct the pilot, which has been officially greenlit.
- The new series centers on two highly decorated but contrasting FBI agents assigned to a long-shuttered division investigating unexplained phenomena, differing slightly from the original 1993 show's premise.
- Jennifer Yale will serve as showrunner, with original creator Chris Carter returning as a non-writing executive producer alongside Coogler and his Proximity Media partners.
- Produced by Onyx Collective and 20th Television,
