Ryan Coogler Is ‘Good’ to Direct the ‘X-Recordsdata’

“Sinners” director Ryan Coogler is at the moment on the high of Hollywood off the success of his IMAX-shot vampire epic, which has to date grossed greater than $168 million worldwide.

However the “Creed” and “Black Panther” franchise filmmaker has mentioned that his subsequent undertaking will certainly be returning to a different piece of I.P., a long-rumored revival of “The X-Files,” the beloved Emmy-winning Fox collection about FBI brokers investigating the U.S. authorities’s collaboration with extraterrestrials.

Gillian Anderson, who performed FBI agent Dana Scully within the collection that wrapped on Fox in 2002 however returned for 2 subsequent seasons in 2016 and 2018, has now revealed she’s open to showing in one other model. Particularly with Coogler — the “good individual” to remake it, as she says — on the helm.

Anderson mentioned throughout ITV1’s “This Morning” within the under clip that she contacted “Sinners” filmmaker Coogler after it was rumored in 2023 he could be reviving the collection. “I spoke to him, and what I mentioned was, ‘If anybody have been to do it, I believe you’re the good individual and, better of luck, name me,’” Anderson mentioned. “In some unspecified time in the future, if the cellphone rings, and it’s good, and it appears like the proper time — maybe.”

“The X-Recordsdata” first aired from 1993 to 2002 on Fox, with Anderson and David Duchovny as FBI particular brokers investigating paranormal circumstances that exposed a authorities collusion with extraterrestrials. The collection spurred two movies — “The X-Recordsdata” in 1998 and “I Wish to Consider” in 2008 — along with its follow-up seasons.

“The X-Recordsdata” reboot as described by Coogler was first revealed by authentic collection creator Chris Carter through the “On the Coast” podcast in 2023. “I simply spoke to a younger man, Ryan Coogler, who’s going to remount ‘The X-Recordsdata’ with a various solid,” Carter mentioned on the time. “So he’s acquired his work lower out for him, as a result of we coated a lot territory.”

After that announcement, Anderson deemed Coogler a “little bit of a genius” during the “Today” show in 2024.

“It’s so humorous as a result of for many of my life, since I’ve completed ‘The X-Recordsdata,’ each interview I do, individuals have requested and the reply has at all times been, ‘Nope, not going to occur, not going to occur,’” Anderson mentioned. “Now, Ryan Coogler, who’s the director of ‘Black Panther’ — good, good director — has approached Chris Carter to say that he desires to do a tackle it, and I can’t consider a greater approach round for a reboot to occur.”

She added, “Whether or not I’m concerned in it’s a entire different factor. I’m not saying no. I believe he’s actually cool, and I believe if he did it, it will most likely be completed extremely properly. And possibly I’ll pop in for a little bit one thing one thing.”

Coogler later confirmed his involvement through the “Last Podcast on the Left” in 2025, saying that he’ll return to growing the collection after “Sinners.”

“I’ve been enthusiastic about that for a very long time, and I’m fired as much as get again to it,” he mentioned. “A few of these episodes, if we do our jobs proper, might be actually fucking scary. We’re going to attempt to make one thing actually nice and actually be one thing for the true ‘X Recordsdata’ followers, and possibly discover some new ones.”

Anderson has spoken out about her difficult emotions on returning to “The X-Recordsdata” earlier than. In 2016, she made headlines when she revealed she demanded pay parity together with her co-star Duchovny, whom she mentioned was provided twice in pay what she was for her return to the 2016 collection revival.