Again in March of 2023, /Movie reported that Ryan Coogler, most just lately the director of the hit vampire musical “Sinners,” and Chris Carter, the creator of the seminal Nineties conspiracy thriller sequence “The X-Recordsdata,” had been collaborating on a 2020s replace of Carter’s sequence. It was unclear on the time if Coogler’s “The X-Recordsdata” was going to share a continuity with the unique present or if it was going to be a tough reboot with an all-new forged and a newly restarted continuity. The one phrase they used was “remounting,” which may have meant something.
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Extra just lately, on an episode of “The Final Podcast on the Left,” Coogler expanded on his concepts a bit bit, saying that the undertaking was nonetheless very a lot alive. He had been busy ending the blockbuster “Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly,” after which moved on to “Sinners,” and he was relieved to have a clean slate the place he may lastly slot in work on “The X-Recordsdata.” He stated that he had been occupied with the undertaking for a very long time, and that it’s “instantly subsequent” on his docket. Coogler even talked about that he had spoken with actress Gillian Anderson, one of many co-leads of the unique “The X-Recordsdata” from its debut in 1993 by way of 9 original-run seasons, after which two extra revival seasons in 2016 and 2018. Coogler stated that “She’s unimaginable,” and “fingers crossed there.”
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Evidently Anderson is recreation. Anderson just lately appeared on ITV1’s “This Morning,” confirming that she had certainly spoken to Coogler a couple of new model of “The X-Recordsdata.” She preferred the match of director to materials, and even playfully (or severely?) volunteered her providers for the undertaking.
Gillian Anderson stated, ‘Name me.’
What Anderson stated wasn’t a dedication, after all. However it was optimistic. Her actual phrases had been: “I spoke to [Coogler], and what I stated was, ‘If anybody had been to do it, I feel you’re the excellent particular person, and better of luck. […] Name me. […] In some unspecified time in the future, if the cellphone rings, and it is good, and it looks like the correct time … maybe.”
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If Anderson had been to play a component, nonetheless, it is unclear if she would reprise her unique function or if she would merely play as a legacy rent, giving her blessing to the brand new sequence as a brand new character. It was stunning to see Anderson be so optimistic about taking part in a possible “X-Recordsdata” reboot, given what number of occasions she has refused to speak about it prior to now. On “The At this time Present” in 2024, she even famous how drained she was about being requested, so a few years after the present got here to an finish. When she heard that Coogler was concerned, although, she did a 180, saying, “I can not consider a greater manner round for a reboot to occur.” She additionally added that “Perhaps I will pop in for a bit something-something.” Anderson can be happy to work with Coogler, it appears.
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“The X-Recordsdata” is, after all, a couple of pair of FBI brokers who’ve been assigned all of the case recordsdata on the FBI filed below the letter X. These recordsdata pertain to unexplained phenomena; claims of psychic powers, alien abductions, cryptids, or different monsters. David Duchovny performed Agent Fox Mulder, and Anderson performed Agent Dana Scully. Mulder was the believer who all the time assumed that the supernatural was at play, whereas Scully was the skeptic, insisting there was a logical, scientific clarification for the extraordinary issues they noticed.
Duchovny, who left the sequence for 2 of its seasons, hasn’t but made any feedback.
