Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Lands Hulu Pilot Order

The fact is true right here: Ryan Coogler‘s reboot of “The X-Files” is formally transferring ahead with a pilot order at Hulu.

In addition, Danielle Deadwyler is formally set to play one in every of the lead roles in the pilot, while the other lead position has yet to be forged. The official logline for the pilot states, “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.”

Coogler will write, direct, and govt produce the pilot under his Proximity Media banner. Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler of Proximity will also govt produce together with unique “X-Files” creator Chris Carter. Simone Harris of Proximity will co-executive produce. The pilot hails from Onyx Collective and twentieth Television. Coogler and Proximity are at present under a TV general cope with Disney.

News of Coogler’s tackle the beloved sci-fi procedural first emerged in 2023, when Carter revealed that Coogler had contacted him about rebooting the collection with a various forged. There has been no official news on the project since, though Coogler has teased work on the collection in interviews since.

“Like my relationship with ‘Rocky’ with my dad, ‘The X-Files’ is one of those things with my mom,” Coogler told Variety in October 2025. “My mom means the world to me…so this is a big one for me. I want to do right by her and the fans. My mom has read some of the stuff I wrote for it. She’s fired up.”

This might be the first ever reboot of “The X-Files” however not the first time that the present has returned since it initially went off the air in 2001 after 9 seasons. Fox revived the collection for 2 more seasons in 2016 and 2018 with Carter and unique collection stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny returning of their roles as Dr. Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. There have also been two “X-Files” motion pictures — 1998’s “The X-Files,” adopted by “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” in 2008.

At this time, neither Anderson nor Duchovny are connected to Coogler’s pilot.

Deadwyler is best recognized for her roles in movies like “The Harder They Fall,” “Till,” and “Carry-On.” She has also performed memorable elements in exhibits like “Atlanta,” “The Bear,” and “Station Eleven,” with appearances in other collection like “P-Valley,” “From Scratch,” and “Greenleaf.”

Coogler has established himself as one in every of the most in-demand and celebrated filmmakers of his time. He is at present making the awards present rounds with “Sinners,” which he wrote, directed, and produced. The movie not too long ago set a new Oscars report with 16 nominations, the most for any single movie in a single yr. Coogler is up for best director and best unique screenplay, while the movie itself is up for best image. Coogler most not too long ago made historical past by turning into the first Black individual to win a BAFTA Award for best unique screenplay.

Coogler’s other movie credit the two “Black Panther” movies for Marvel, the “Creed” franchise, and “Fruitvale Station.” Coogler was also a producer on the Oscar-winning movie “Judas and the Black Messiah.”

Coogler is repped by WME, M88, The Lede Company, and Cohen & Gardner. Deadwyler is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency, Play Management, and Ziffren Brittenham. Carter is repped by CAA and Gang Tyre.