Black Panther director Ryan Coogler may be rebooting The X-Files
X-Files creator Chris Carter says he is, anyway
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X-Files creator Chris Carter says he is, anyway
Ryan Coogler has blazed the big screen with both ‘Black Panther’ and follow-up ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’
Now, the director is reportedly turning his attention to television with a brand new take on ‘The X-Files.’
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Speaking in an interview with On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko,
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Ryan Coogler, the director of Creed and both Black Panther films, may be eying another franchise for adaptation. In a recent interview with CBC’s On The Coast, X-Files creator Chris Carter mentioned Coogler was looking to “remount” the franchise.
“I just spoke to a young man, Ryan Coogler, who is going to remount The X-Files with a diverse cast,” Carter said (via The Verge). “He’s got his work cut out for him, because we covered so much territory.”
Carter has previously talked about the challenges in updating the show. In a 2021 New York Times op-ed, the writer-director discussed his thoughts on the prevalence and changing nature of conspiracy theories. Since the show ended, dangerous conspiracy theories, fueled by extremely accessible misinformation online, have altered the course of our culture–something he called “the industrialization of conspiracy theories,” and also something he acknowledges that’s difficult for the show’s sometimes light-hearted tone would have difficulty addressing.
Much like Vibranium, back-to-back success with a prized film franchise is a rarity. And while such a touchdown is a tall task, it’s one Ryan Coogler scored with ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’
The Marvel blockbuster bulldozed box office records upon its release last November and also made history by veering onto terrain critically that has long eluded superhero movies.
Indeed,
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