Black Panther and Sinners director Ryan Coogler has been talking about rebooting Chris Carter’s classic sci-fi series The X-Files since 2023. The project received a series of promising updates in early 2026 as Station Eleven veterans Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel were cast as the show’s leads. The news was followed by the announcement of several high-profile guest stars, including Amy Madigan, Steve Buscemi, and Ben Foster.
Now the show has officially been picked up by Hulu. They form an unlikely bond after being assigned to The X-Files, a long-shuttered division dedicated to cases involving unexplained phenomena. Coogler wrote and directed the pilot and will serve as executive producer of the series alongside showrunner Jennifer Yale, whose writing credits include Dexter and Da Vinci’s Demons.
Coogler’s longtime collaborator Ludwig Göransson, who earned Oscars for his Black Panther and Sinners scores, is handling the pilot’s music. No release date for the project has been announced, but Coogler previously said that the series would premiere before the next Black Panther film, which is scheduled for release on Dec. 15, 2028. Assuming everything goes according to plan, that means we’ll likely be able to see Coogler’s The X-Files pilot in 2027 or early 2028.
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