The X-Files Return Confirmed!

About this episode

The episode discusses the announcement of Ryan Coogler's reboot of The X-Files and the excitement surrounding it.

The Truth is Still in Here... Welcome back to THE X-CAST: AN X-FILES PODCAST for an unexpected revival of the show! Tony Black and Kurt North return to discuss the news we have all been waiting for - the announcement of Ryan Coogler's reboot of The X-Files, which has been given a pilot order on Hulu. They unpack the detail on the press release, the one piece of known casting, whether we're dealing with a reboot or continuation, and just why we should be so excited about the next era of the franchise. And yeah... this means we're back... Host / Editor / Executive Producer Tony Black Co-Host / Co-Producer Kurt North Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Tony Black, Kurt North

Topics covered

• X-Files revival
• Ryan Coogler
• Hulu
• reboot
• franchise excitement

Keywords

• X-Files
• revival
• Ryan Coogler
• Hulu
• reboot
• franchise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ryan Coogler, Hulu

Books & works: The X-Files

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