Fresh off Ryan Coogler's history-making win at the BAFTAs, Hulu has announced it greenlight a pilot of his The X-Files reboot. He is set to write and direct the pilot, which will star Danielle Deadwyler.
Hulu reports Deadwyler will portray an FBI agent who forms an unlikely bond with a fellow agent whose personality is completely different than her own, as they work within "long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena."
Jennifer Yale will serve as a showrunner and executive producer alongside series creator Chris Carter, Coogler, his wife, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian. Proximity Media's Simone Harris will act as co-executive producer. Francine Maisler, who previously cast Sinners, will handle casting for The X-Files reboot.
The reboot marks the latest project under Coogler's five-year exclusive television deal with Disney.
Coogler won best original screenplay for Sinners at the BAFTA Awards, making him the first Black person to win the award.
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