While it’s just a small-screen reboot of the X-Files that will be on Hulu, Sinners and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler will be the writer and director of the upcoming streaming X-Files reboot (or the pilot, at least). <\/p>\n
It\u2019s quite a matter of pride for the Bay Area that Oakland\u2019s own Ryan Coogler\u2019s new film Sinners is a big-time Oscars favorite<\/a>, with a Best Director nomination for Coogler, who\u2019s previously directed Fruitvale Station, Creed, and Black Panther. Sinners is also up for Best Picture and a record-setting total of 16 Academy Award nominations. <\/p>\n Yet Coogler\u2019s next project is already coming together. Deadline reports that Ryan Coogler will be writing and directing the pilot for the new X-Files reboot<\/a>, resurrecting the legendary cult-hit Sunday night sci-fi show that was a 1990s sensation. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Coogler\u2019s X-Files reboot is not going to be a movie. But fans will likely still be excited for it to be a Hulu reboot \u2014 and it reportedly helps fulfill Coogler\u2019s contractual obligations to Disney<\/a> (which owns Hulu). \u00a0<\/p>\n Moreover, Coogler will not be directing every episode. According to Deadline, he\u2019ll only be writing and directing the pilot episode. <\/p>\n It seems Coogler\u2019s X-Files has already cast Danielle Deadwyler<\/a> (The Piano Lesson), though no other actors have been announced. <\/p>\n So will the new X-Files bring back its old stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson? Deadline simply mentions that Coogler said on a recent podcast that \u201che had spoken with original X-Files star Gillian Anderson about the reboot.\u201d<\/p>\n