LOS ANGELES
— "Sinners" director
Ryan Coogler's
"The X-Files" series reboot has been picked up by Hulu.
Described as a "reimagining" of the original series, the new title stars "Station Eleven" alumni
Danielle Deadwyler
and
Himesh Patel
as "two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents who form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena."
Coogler wrote, directed and executive produced the pilot, and will serve as executive producer along with showrunner and executive producer
Jennifer Yale
.
Zinzi Coogler
and
Sev Ohanian
(Proximity Media) and "The X-Files" original series creator
Chris Carter
also serve as executive producers.
"What
Chris Carter
created is special," Coogler said in a statement, "and we wanted to honor everything that made the original series connect with so many people while also finding our own way into that world. Danielle and Himesh, along with the rest of our cast, have brought such original perspectives and performances to these characters, and watching that come together has been one of the most rewarding parts of the experience."
David Duchovny
and
Gillian Anderson
starred in the original series as paranormal-phenomenon believer
Fox Mulder
and skeptic
Dana Scully
, respectively, two FBI agents in an odd-couple pairing who investigate reports of alien life-forms and monster-of-the-week tales.
The series won 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the 1997 award for lead actress in a drama series for Anderson, with 62 total nominations.
"The X-Files" premiered in 1993 and ran through 2001, returned in 2016 for two more seasons (for a total of 11), and resulted in two feature films, "The X-Files" and "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," as well as video games, toys, books and comics.
