Black Panther director Ryan Coogler may be rebooting The X-Files

Sci-fi drama The X files may be on the way back, with Black Panther And Belief director Ryan Coogler is at the helm of another reboot, according to series original creator Chris Carter. In a recent episode of CBC Radios At the coastCarter told interviewer Michelle Eliot that Coogler intends to “climb again The X files with a diverse cast.”

Carter said he recently spoke to Coogler, who told him about his idea to revive the franchise. Carter gave no further details, but added that Coogler “did his job for him, because we’ve covered so much territory.” Coogler representatives 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 argued that a more modern version of the show would need major changes. “We are so steeped in conspiracies now,” he told the CBC. “The X-Files had to deal with a central conspiracy, but now the world is so full of conspiracies that I think it would be a different show.”

The X files ran for 11 seasons, with an original nine-season run from 1993 to 2002, and two additional seasons in 2016 and 2018. Carter also wrote and produced two films, 1998’s The X-Files: Fight the Future and that of 2008 The X-Files: I want to believeand created a short-lived spin-off, The lone shooters.

Coogler’s most recent film, Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverhit theaters in November 2022. The writer-director will also be an executive producer of Marvel’s Iron heart series and is developing a new untitled series set in Wakanda for Disney Plus. Coogler served as producer Creed IIIdirected by Michael B. Jordan.