Ryan Coogler to reboot ‘The X-Files’ without Mulder and Scully
nme.comBlack Panther director Ryan Coogler is set to reboot The X-Files without Mulder and Scully.Speaking on Canadian radio show On the Coast, original series creator Chris Carter revealed that the rebooted version will take the story in a different direction with a diverse cast.“I just spoke to a young man, Ryan Coogler, who is going to remount The X-Files with a diverse cast.
So, he’s got his work cut out for him because we covered so much territory,” said Carter.On changing the show’s focus, he added: “We’re so steeped in conspiracies now.
The X-Files dealt with a central conspiracy, but now the world is so full of conspiracies that I think that it would be a different show.”The X-Files debuted on Fox in the US in 1993 and ran until 2002.
Two movies in 1998 and 2008 followed, before an additional two seasons arrived in 2016 and 2018.David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson starred respectively as Mulder and Scully, two FBI Secret Agents investigating alien-related conspiracy theories as well as supernatural occurrences.The new series is still in the early stages of development and would come from Coogler as part of his deal with Walt Disney Television.
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