TV: New X-Files

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The X-Files Reportedly Getting a 'New Version' From Black Panther Director - IGN

The X-Files could return to our screens as Disney is reportedly planning a "new version" of the hit 90s sci-fi show.

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The X Files is returning to our screens with a new reboot

With Ryan Coogler at the helm, the new series comes at a perfect moment for our post-truth, conspiracy-loving time

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X-Files Reboot Reportedly Moving Forward With Black Panther Director

An X-Files reboot from Ryan Coogler is reportedly moving forward at Disney.

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New X-Files being developed by Disney with Black Panther director | Radio Times

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is reportedly bringing a new version of The X Files to our screens with Disney.

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New X-Files Reboot Is In The Works With Ryan Coogler At The Helm

The X-Files is reportedly getting a reboot in the form of a new series by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, backed by Disney.

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Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Developing X-Files Series for Disney

Ryan Coogler is producing a new X-Files show for Disney.

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[Hierso]

I still haven't finished the original run, we started out during the first wave of Covid but kinda semi-quit at the mid point of season 5.

 

[John Price]

no need

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Pass

 

[Rabid Ranger]

It will be in name only and be terrible.

 

[Babe Ruth]

no need

True.. but that rarely stops bad (& pointless) reboots.

 

[Ducks in a row]

Another thing I have no interest in seeing.

 

[Smelling Salt]

My fav show of all time, but this would be a disaster I'm sure. I might be more interested if perhaps it was done True Detective style, and make it a seven or eight episode season with one overall story and keep it tight.

 

[Satans Hockey]

This could be fun if it's done correctly, a new team, new stories, the possibilities are really endless.

 

[The Marquis]

I think they could do it right if they did it as a continuation of the mythology (not a reboot, but the next chapter of a show that never actually ended, which has somehow become accurate) with the entirety of the X Files history in place and have Mulder and Scully's successors in the X Files be unique yet similarly driven, who since it's Disney in 2023 will be cast for every reason other than fitting the role, so that won't happen. As such, the show will probably be super clunky and awkward and end up being an advertisement/PSA combo and will take no risks and thus be very boring and full of the same tropes as everything else on Disney these days. I TRULY hope that isn't the case. I love the X-Files mythology and even loved the later seasons, but I will enter this with extreme trepidation.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Yeah, I don't know about a Disney version of X-Files. I do, however, kinda wanna watch the first 6 seasons again.

 

[TCTC]

I still haven't finished the original run, we started out during the first wave of Covid but kinda semi-quit at the mid point of season 5.

You picked the right time to quit. The show got too goofy after that season when they moved to LA. They tried to be humorous all of a sudden which felt completely misplaced in X-Files.

 

[Hierso]

You picked the right time to quit. The show got too goofy after that season when they moved to LA. They tried to be humorous all of a sudden which felt completely misplaced in X-Files.

I think that a reason we started to check out was the whole shift in Maulders character and we couldn't really be botherd with another bait episode with his sister. Also the fact that Maulder outright rejects religious supernatural stuff was always wierd to me. The guy belives in literally any supernatural creature (not aliens) like Nessie, Chupacabra and Vampires but outright rejects stuff like a person having the power healing through god. I know it's pretty obvious that it was that way to give it to Scully who rejects stuff like that but belives in god but it's not written very well with the exception of her confession scene to the priest.

 

[Hivemind]

You picked the right time to quit. The show got too goofy after that season when they moved to LA. They tried to be humorous all of a sudden which felt completely misplaced in X-Files.

The X-Files always had humorous episodes. In particular the episodes written by Darin Morgan are usually regarded as both fan favorites and also hilarious. Morgan wrote one episode in season 2 (Humbug) and three episodes in season 3 (Jose Chung's From Outer Space, War of the Caprophages, and the very best episode in the entire series - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose). Vince Gilligan (yes, that Vince Gilligan) also wrote some great, humorous episodes, such as Bad Blood, Small Potatoes, and Je Souhaite.

 

[TCTC]

The X-Files always had humorous episodes. In particular the episodes written by Darin Morgan are usually regarded as both fan favorites and also hilarious. Morgan wrote one episode in season 2 (Humbug) and three episodes in season 3 (Jose Chung's From Outer Space, War of the Caprophages, and the very best episode in the entire series - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose). Vince Gilligan (yes, that Vince Gilligan) also wrote some great, humorous episodes, such as Bad Blood, Small Potatoes, and Je Souhaite.

Yeah, but they were sporadic and usually consistent with the tone you expect from X-Files. From season 6 onwards it almost felt like a parody.

 

[NyQuil]

It was part of the zeitgeist and a product of its time.

 

[Filppula]

I still haven't finished the original run, we started out during the first wave of Covid but kinda semi-quit at the mid point of season 5.

I’m pretty similar. I finished S6 but it was a grind, a real grind. The alien arc which I was absolutely glued to early days, has become a confusing mess. The shift to LA changed the whole dynamic of the show. I can’t see myself finishing it.

The X-Files always had humorous episodes. In particular the episodes written by Darin Morgan are usually regarded as both fan favorites and also hilarious. Morgan wrote one episode in season 2 (Humbug) and three episodes in season 3 (Jose Chung's From Outer Space, War of the Caprophages, and the very best episode in the entire series - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose). Vince Gilligan (yes, that Vince Gilligan) also wrote some great, humorous episodes, such as Bad Blood, Small Potatoes, and Je Souhaite.

I hated Morgan’s episodes, and I know I was essentially alone in that because I read reviews and know how popular his episodes were. Could never understand it because to me humour in a show like this should’ve been subtle, not the driving force.

 

[TCTC]

The show lost most of its mystique with the move to LA. It's funny that the main reason they moved was to accommodate Duchovny only for him to quit two seasons later anyway.

I actually kind of liked Doggett though. I thought the character had potential and Robert Patrick was a good choice to portrait him. But the story just wasn't interesting enough anymore.