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‘X-Files’: Ryan Coogler Pilot Casts Himesh Patel Opposite Danielle Deadwyler
The reboot features two new FBI agents investigating unexplained phenomena, produced by Ryan Coogler and Onyx Collective, tapping into growing interest in aliens and UFOs.
- Himesh Patel has joined Danielle Deadwyler as co-lead in Ryan Coogler's The X-Files reboot pilot at Hulu, which hails from Onyx Collective and 20th Television.
- News of Coogler's take on the sci-fi procedural emerged in 2023, when original The X-Files creator Chris Carter revealed Coogler proposed a reboot with a diverse cast.
- Deadwyler and Patel will play original characters rather than recasting Agent Fox Mulder and Agent Dana Scully, with Jennifer Yale serving as showrunner and Proximity Media's Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler producing.
- Reuniting after appearing in the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven, Patel brings experience from Yesterday and Tenet, while Deadwyler adds acclaim from her work in Sinners.
- Interest in UFOs and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, which have received congressional attention, frames the production's return, alongside Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day which mirrors the show's themes.
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Green Light for New X-Files: Himesh Patel and Danielle Deadwyler Under the Direction of Ryan Coogler
The long-awaited reboot of The X-Files, the paranormal hit that dominated the 1990s, is coming to fruition. The new version will be directed by Ryan Coogler and will star Himesh Patel and Danielle Deadwyler.
Reditelj film Sinners i Oskarovac Rajan Kugler priprema reboot kultne serije "Dosije X的 sa novom glavnom postavom.
Ryan Coogler's 'X-Files' Reboot Confirms Cast And Surprising Canon Status
Dave Benett/Getty ImagesStation Eleven lovers, your stocks just went way up. Ryan Coogler’s new take on The X-Files got a major boon with the casting of Danielle Deadwyler this February, but finding the Mulder to her Scully — or the Scully to her Mulder? — has taken a while longer. Finally, we know who will join the actress in her search for the truth: her Station Eleven co-star, Himesh Patel. His casting brings the series one step closer to fru…
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