Back in March of 2023, /Film reported that Ryan Coogler, most recently the director of the hit vampire musical "Sinners," and Chris Carter, the creator of the seminal 1990s conspiracy thriller series "The X-Files," were collaborating on a 2020s update of Carter's series. It was unclear at the time if Coogler's "The X-Files" was going to share a continuity with the original show or if it was going to be a hard reboot with an all-new cast and a newly restarted continuity. The only word they used was "remounting," which could have meant anything. 

More recently, on an episode of "The Last Podcast on the Left," Coogler expanded on his ideas a little bit, saying that the project was still very much alive. He had been busy finishing the blockbuster "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," and then moved on to "Sinners," and he was relieved to have a blank slate where...