Sci-fi drama The X-Recordsdata could also be on the way in which again, with Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler on the helm of a brand new reboot, in line with the sequence’ authentic creator, Chris Carter. In a current episode of CBC Radio’s On the Coast, Carter instructed interviewer Michelle Eliot that Coogler plans to “remount The X-Recordsdata with a various solid.”
Carter stated that he’d current spoken to Coogler, who had instructed him about his concept to revive the franchise. Carter didn’t present additional particulars, solely including that Coogler has “received his work minimize out for him, as a result of we coated a lot territory.” Reps for Coogler haven’t responded to a request for remark. Polygon has additionally reached out to Carter for clarification, and can replace when the producer responds.
It’s not clear what type a brand new X-Recordsdata mission would take, or on which platform or community it will air; however Carter posited {that a} extra fashionable model of the present would wish main adjustments. “We’re so steeped in conspiracies now,” he instructed the CBC. “The X-Recordsdata handled a central conspiracy, however now the world is so stuffed with conspiracies that I feel that it will be a special present.”
The X-Recordsdata ran for 11 seasons, with an authentic nine-season run from 1993 to 2002, and two extra seasons in 2016 and 2018. Carter additionally wrote and produced two movies, 1998’s The X-Recordsdata: Struggle the Future and 2008’s The X-Recordsdata: I Need to Imagine, and created a short-lived spinoff, The Lone Gunmen.
Coogler’s most up-to-date film, Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly, hit film theaters in November 2022. The author-director may even government produce Marvel’s Ironheart sequence and is growing a brand new untitled sequence set in Wakanda for Disney Plus. Coogler served as a producer on Creed III, which was directed by Michael B. Jordan.