With “Sinners” now in theaters, Ryan Coogler is popping his consideration again to his “X-Files” sequence reboot.
“I’ve been excited about that for a long time and I’m fired up to get back to it,” Coogler stated throughout a current interview with “Last Podcast on the Left,” confirming that that mission is “immediately next” on his slate. “Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really fucking scary.”
Coogler was first reported to be growing an “X-Files” sequence again in 2023, when sequence creator and showrunner Chris Carter confirmed that the 2 have had conversations about remounting the supernatural detecivde drama, which starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI brokers Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who had been assigned to analyze studies of paranormal exercise.
“The X-Files,” initially produced by twentieth Century Fox Television, aired on Fox for 9 seasons from 1993 to 2001, earlier than being revived on the community for 2 extra rounds in 2016 and 2018. Coogler is growing the revival thought via his general cope with Walt Disney Television.
Asked if he’s touched base with Anderson, Coogler confirms the 2 have spoken. “She’s incredible and fingers crossed there,” he stated, explaining that Anderson was ending up work on “Tron: Ares” the final time they talked. “We’re going to try to make something really great, bro, and make something for the real ‘X-Files’ fans and maybe find some new ones.”
Over the previous dozen years, Coogler has confirmed to be a grasp of respiration new life into established IP. First, he rebooted the “Rocky” franchise with 2015’s “Creed.” Then, he tailored Marvel’s “Black Panther” comics into one of many MCU’s most critically-acclaimed franchises, with each the 2018 unique and its 2022 sequel, “Wakanda Forever,” incomes a number of Academy Award nominations.
“Sinners” is Coogler’s first wholly unique premise. The R-rated vampire thriller has confirmed to be an early hit with critics and audiences, incomes $4.7 million in previews on the best way to a projected $40 million to $50 million opening weekend.