{"id":560563,"date":"2026-03-25T21:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560563\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:20:09","slug":"gillian-anderson-teases-script-for-x-files-reboot-from-ryan-coogler-have-an-open-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560563\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian Anderson teases script for \u201cX-Files\u201d reboot from Ryan Coogler: ‘Have an open mind’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gillian Anderson<\/a> is a believer in Ryan Coogler<\/a>‘s X-Files reboot.<\/p>\n

A new version of the iconic sci-fi series from the Oscar-winning filmmaker has been in the works since 2023, but Hulu officially gave the green light for a pilot<\/a> last month, with Station Eleven’s Danielle Deadwyler set to star. And yet, that doesn’t mean that the original X-Files leading lady is no longer in the mix.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a few conversations,” Anderson recently said<\/a> of Coogler at Awesome Con. “He’s such a cool guy, and so talented. And the pilot script is really good. I would say, have an open mind and give it a chance, because it’s gonna be f—ing cool. It really is.”<\/p>\n

Anderson added that the project is “different” and “special,” so fans should “give it a break.”<\/p>\n

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New ‘X-Files star Danielle Deadwyler
Credit: Robby Klein\/Getty<\/p>\n

Created by Chris Carter, The X-Files premiered in 1993 on Fox, starring Anderson and David Duchovny as Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, respectively, a pair of FBI agents who are tasked with investigating unsolved cases that appear to have a paranormal aspect to them. Anderson’s Scully is a skeptic, while Duchovny’s Mulder is a true believer and conspiracy theorist. The X-Files ran for nine seasons, before returning for two revivals in 2016 and 2018. The series also spawned a pair of feature films.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve been excited about that for a long time, and I\u2019m fired up to get back to it. Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really f—ing scary,” Coogler teased<\/a> last year of his X-Files reboot. “We’re gonna try to make something really great, and really be something for the real X-Files fans, and maybe find some new ones.”<\/p>\n

The Sinners mastermind also said that his “fingers [are] crossed” in regards to Anderson’s involvement.<\/p>\n

For her part, Anderson previously declared<\/a> that Coogler was “the perfect person” to reboot the series, even telling him to “call me”: “At some point, if the phone rings and it’s good and it feels like the right time, perhaps.”<\/p>\n

Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n