Himesh Patel has boarded Ryan Coogler\u2019s upcoming \u201cX-Files\u201d reboot, TheWrap has learned.<\/p>\n
Patel will star opposite Danielle Deadwyler, who has been attached to the pilot since it got the greenlight at Hulu in February. The actors reunite after both starring in \u201cStation Eleven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patel and Deadwyler will star as two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents who form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena, per the official logline.<\/p>\n
The project hails from Coogler, who will write, direct and executive produce via his production company, Proximity Media, while Jennifer Yale has been tapped to serve as showrunner and executive producer.<\/p>\n
Also attached to executive produce are Proximity Media\u2019s Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler and original series creator Chris Carter, with Proximity\u2019s Simone Harris serving as a co-executive producer. Proximity Media\u2019s director of development Dezi Gallegos will also help to oversee the pilot. 20th Television produces the reboot for Hulu\u2019s Onyx Collective.<\/p>\n
Patel\u2019s TV career has included British soap \u201cEastEnders,\u201d \u201cDamned,\u201d \u201cAvenue 5,\u201d \u201cThe Luminaries,\u201d \u201cBlack Mirror,\u201d \u201cThe Franchise\u201d and, more recently, \u201cBait.\u201d<\/p>\n
His film credits include \u201cYesterday,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up,\u201d \u201cTenet,\u201d \u201cGood Grief,\u201d \u201cThe Assessment,\u201d \u201cGreedy People\u201d and \u201cBubble & Speak,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n
The sci-fi series, which starred Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi and more, originally ran on Fox from 1993 to 2002. Carter, Anderson and Duchovny all returned for two additional seasons that aired in 2016 and 2018, as well as two feature films in 1998 and 2008.<\/p>\n
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