Danielle Deadwyler has discovered her associate for Hulu’s X-Files reboot as Himesh Patel is ready to affix Hulu’s reboot of the classic TV series. The present lately obtained a pilot greenlight at Hulu. Deadwyler is ready because the co-lead within the mission, from Onyx Collective and twentieth Television. Jennifer Yale will function showrunner.
Insiders near the present say Deadwyler and Patel can be enjoying new authentic characters within the sequence.
Sinners filmmaker Coogler is writing and directing the pilot for the brand new X-Files. In it, two extremely embellished however vastly totally different FBI brokers —performed by Deadwyler and Patel — type an unlikely bond when they’re assigned to a long-shuttered division dedicated to circumstances involving unexplained phenomena.
Yale govt produces alongside The X-Files creator Chris Carter in addition to Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler of Proximity Media. The firm’s Simone Harris is a co-executive producer. The pilot is being solid by Sinners casting director Francine Maisler. Proximity Media’s director of improvement Dezi Gallegos may also assist to supervise the pilot.
This summer season, Patel reunites with Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey at Universal Pictures, set to premiere July 17, 2026. The movie additionally stars Matt Damon, Mia Goth, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, James Remar, Bill Irwin, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. He additionally reprises his function as Dr. Watson in Enola Holmes 3 for Netflix, starring reverse Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, and Louis Partridge.
On tv, Himesh will subsequent star in Bait, a comedy-thriller sequence from Riz Ahmed. He is repped by 42, WME, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
