Ryan Coogler’s reboot of The X-Files has obtained the official inexperienced gentle with Danielle Deadwyler set as the primary co-lead.
The film-maker behind Black Panther and Sinners has lengthy talked about his love for the hit paranormal drama collection and the way he wants to make some new episodes which are “really fucking scary”.
The present has now been set at Hulu with Coogler writing and directing the pilot.
The official description for the reboot reads: “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.”
Deadwyler, whose credit embody movies resembling Till, Carry-On and The Piano Lesson, will play one of many leads with the opposite actor to be confirmed. On the small display screen, she has additionally starred in Station Eleven and shall be seen within the subsequent season of Euphoria.
Appearances by authentic stars haven’t but been revealed however Coogler has confirmed that he has spoken to Gillian Anderson. “She’s incredible and fingers crossed there,” he mentioned. “We’re going to try to make something really great, bro, and make something for the real X-Files fans and maybe find some new ones.”
In an interview final yr, Anderson additionally said of Coogler’s attachment to the present: “I spoke to him, and what I said was, ‘If anyone were to do it, I think you are the perfect person and best of luck, call me.’ At some point, if the phone rings and it’s good and it feels like the right time – perhaps.”
The present’s authentic present runner, Chris Carter, can even be an government producer.
The X-Files began in 1993 and ran for 9 seasons till 2002 earlier than it was revived in 2016 for two more seasons. At its peak, it was watched by 27 million folks within the US. There have been additionally two big-screen motion pictures.
Over the weekend, Coogler became the primary Black winner of the Bafta for finest authentic screenplay for his vampire thriller Sinners, which can also be up for a record 16 Oscars at subsequent month’s ceremony.
