Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Gets Hulu Pilot Daniel Deadweiler Star

The quest for truth begins again. Ryan Cooglerlong gestation period X-Files The reboot has been approved for pilot. hulu. Daniel Deadweiler (piano lessons) is set to co-lead the project from Onyx Collective and 20th Television. Jennifer Yale (Copenhagen Test) has joined as showrunner, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

sinner Filmmaker Coogler is writing and directing the pilot for the new film. X-Files. In it, two highly decorated but very different FBI agents, played by Deadweiler, form an unexpected bond as they are assigned to a long-closed unit dedicated to cases involving unexplained phenomena.

Co-produced by Yale executives X-Files Producers Chris Carter and Proximity Media’s Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler. The Company’s Simone Harris is co-executive producer. Pilot casting in progress sinner Casting Director Francine Meisler.

The pilot order caps the project’s three-year journey. black panther Directed by Coogler 5-year TV exclusive contract with DisneyIt is the parent company of Hulu, 20th TV, and Onyx.

Carter first revealed During a podcast interview in 2023 That he spoke with Coogler. remount that X file “With such a diverse cast,” he added, “he had his work cut out for him because we covered so much ground.”

Coogler confirmed his involvement throughout the project. Appear on your own podcast Last April.

“I’ve been excited about it for a long time, and I’ve been burning to get back to it. If we do it right, some of those episodes are going to be absolutely devastating,” he added. “We’re going to try to make something really great and something that’s actually real. X-Files “You will have fans and you may find new fans.”

In the same interview, Coogler also revealed that he had spoken with the original author. X-Files Gillian Anderson stars in the reboot, which took a while to come together because the filmmakers were busy. sinnerOscar frontrunner with record 16 nominationsand other projects, including Disney+. Iron Heart.

With making coogler X-Files prioritysinner, It has grown in popularity over the past few months and Yale has come on board as showrunner.

Hulu has shifted to a large-scale pilot development model over the past few years, even for high-profile titles. streamer’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer The reboot is also developing a pilot to be directed by Chloé Zhao.

original carters X-Files It stars Anderson and David Duchovny as FBI special agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, who investigate cases involving the paranormal. The series premiered on Fox in 1993 and ran for nine seasons. It produced two feature films, X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), whose 2016 revival aired for two seasons on Fox.

Coogler’s latest work sinner History was made at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday. Most decorated film by a black director. The film won three awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Coogler’s script. The film, starring Michael B. Jordan, grossed more than $365 million worldwide. Coogler is the founder of production company Proximity Media with partners Zinzi Coogler and Ohanian. He is repped by WME, M88, Cohen and Gardner.

Deadweiler is set to appear in an upcoming HBO comedy series. cock With Steve Carell, Charly Clive and Phil Dunster. She will also be seen in the upcoming season 3. euphoriaand MessiahAmerican dark comedy thriller directed by Kevin Hamedani. She recently appeared Lady in the yard, He serves as executive producer of the film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. She is repped by Paradigm, Play Management and Ziffren Brittenham.

Yale most recently served as executive producer and co-host of the show. Copenhagen Test For Peacock, Simu Liu stars and Atomic Monster produces. She wrote for the Apple TV series. your friends and neighbors Before that, he was a writer and executive producer at Apple. see And on Netflix chambers. Yale is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, CAA and Hansen Jacobson.

Carter is repped by CAA and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.