Ryan Coogler has confirmed his long-rumored The X-Recordsdata reboot continues to be taking place. Not solely that, it’s “instantly subsequent” on his slate of upcoming initiatives.
Whereas showing on a current episode of Last Podcast on the Left, the director mentioned he was “fired up” to get to work on the sequence as soon as he’s executed selling his new movie, the vampire thriller Sinners.
“I’m engaged on X-Recordsdata. That’s what’s instantly subsequent,” Coogler mentioned. “So, I’ve been enthusiastic about that for a very long time, and I’m fired as much as get again to it, and that, , a few of these episodes, if we do our jobs proper, might be actually fucking scary.”
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Coogler additionally confirmed he has spoken to Gillian Anderson and mentioned he’s retaining his “fingers crossed” about her potential return as Agent Dana Scully.
Watch the interview beneath. The X-Recordsdata phase begins round 27:30.
Few particulars are recognized about Coogler’s imaginative and prescient for a reboot of The X-Recordsdata, apart from creator Chris Carter telling CBC’s Gloria Macarenko in 2023 that the Black Panther director was going to “remount” the beloved sci-fi sequence with “a various forged.”
It’s value noting that whereas Anderson quit the series after its eleventh season and has been adamant about not reprising the position, she conceded in a 2024 interview with TODAY that she was “not saying no” to a reboot helmed by Coogler, whom she described as “a little bit of a genius.”
“Whether or not I’m concerned in it’s a complete different factor,” Anderson mentioned. “I’m not saying no. I feel he’s actually cool and I feel if he did it, it will most likely be executed extremely properly. And perhaps I’ll pop in for just a little one thing one thing.”
The X-Recordsdata initially aired on Fox from 1993 to 2002 and has been tailored into two function movies: 1998’s The X-Recordsdata and 2008’s The X-Recordsdata: I Need to Consider. It was revived for a tenth season in 2016, adopted by its eleventh and last season in 2018. All episodes at the moment are streaming on Hulu.
