science fiction drama X-Files may be on the way back, with Black Panther And Believe Director Ryan Coogler at the helm of a new reboot, according to series original creator Chris Carter. in one final episode of CBC radio On the coastCarter told interviewer Michelle Eliot that Coogler plans to “get back on the rise X-Files with a varied line-up.”
Carter said he recently spoke to Coogler, who told him about his idea of reviving the franchise. Carter gave no further details, only adding that Coogler “cut his work out for him because we covered so much territory.” Coogler officials did not respond to a request for comment. Polygon has also reached out to Carter for clarification and will update when the producer responds.
It’s not clear what form a new X-Files project would take or what platform or network it would air on; but Carter posited that a more modern version of the show would require major changes. “We’re so steeped in conspiracy now,” he told the CBC. “The X-Files dealt with a central conspiracy, but now the world is so full of conspiracies that I think it would become a different show.”
X-Files ran for 11 seasons, with an original run of nine seasons from 1993 to 2002 and two additional seasons in 2016 and 2018. Carter also wrote and produced two films, 1998 X-Files: Battle the Future and 2008 X-Files: I want to believeand created a short-lived spin-off, The lonely shooters.
Coogler’s latest film, Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverhits theaters in November 2022. The writer-director will also executive produce at Marvel’s heart of steel series and is developing a new untitled series set in Wakanda for Disney Plus. Coogler continued as producer Creed IIIdirected by Michael B. Jordan.
