‘The X-Files’ Casts Himesh Patel to Star in Ryan Coogler’s Reboot
Hulu‘s The X-Files reboot has found its second co-lead. Himesh Patel (The Franchise, Yesterday) has been cast in writer-director Ryan Coogler‘s revival of the classic Fox series. Patel will join the previously announced Danielle Deadwyler as one of two FBI agents tasked with investigating paranormal activity. The Sinners filmmaker will both write and direct the pilot, which has been officially greenlit. Both Patel and Deadwyler are playing new characters — so this is not Fox Mulder and Dana Scully being recast. Original series star Gillian Anderson hinted she might appear in the project, saying she’s read Coogler’s script, telling a reporter, “Have an open mind and give it a chance because it’s going to be fucking cool.” The new show’s official description: “Two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.” This logline is slightly different from the premise of Fox’s original, which debuted in 1993 and ran for nine seasons and spawned two movies. The original series …
