News The X-Files Ryan Coogler’s X-Files Is Happening at Hulu, With Danielle Deadwyler to Star I want to believe the show will make it beyond the pilot By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 23, 2026 Credit: Ian Watson/HBO Max Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Ian Watson/HBO Max Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot is definitely, officially happening! Well, at least a pilot episode. It’s been almost three years since we first heard news that the Sinners and Black Panther writer-director was working on a reimagining of the iconic series, and today Hulu announced (via Deadline) that the show is moving forward with Danielle Deadwyler (pictured above in Station Eleven) set to play one of the show’s two leads. Here’s the official logline: “Two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.” Coogler will be writing and directing the pilot, and Jennifer Yale (Legion, Outlander, The Copenhagen Test) is on board as showrunner. The original X-Files, of course, starred Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as two FBI agents tasked with investigating cases that seem unexplainable. One of them, Duchovny’s Mulder, was a true believer that many of their cases involved extraterrestrials, while Anderson’s Scully was the agent more focused on science. Coogler has said he’s especially excited about this project, in no small part because his mom is a fan of the franchise. “My mom means the world to me… so this is a big one for me,” he told Variety in October 2025. “I want to do right by her and the fans. My mom has read some of the stuff I wrote for it. She’s fired up.” There’s no news on when the pilot will go into production or even if it will make it beyond that first episode. I want to believe, however, that we’ll see it on Hulu sooner rather than later. [end-mark] The post Ryan Coogler’s <i>X-Files</i> Is Happening at Hulu, With Danielle Deadwyler to Star appeared first on Reactor.