Deadline writes that Hulu’s reboot of The X-Files is all engines go with Himesh Patel (Station Eleven, Yesterday) cast in the pilot. He joins lead Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall, Carry-On) with Jennifer Yale (See, Legion) as showrunner.

According to Deadline, Deadwyler and Patel are playing original, brand new characters for the show. Not to mention that Sinners creator Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed) is the series creator, writer and will direct the pilot. The show portrays Patel and Deadwyler as two FBI agents who form a bond while solving the nonsense of the world. Yale also produces the show along with the previous creator, Cris Carter (Millennium, The X-Files) as well as Coogler, Sev Ohanian (Searching, Judas and the Black Messiah) and Zinzi Coogler (Creed III, Space Jam: A New Legacy) of Proximity Media. Currently, the pilot is being cast by Francine Maisler (Meet The Fockers, Close to You). Simone Harris (Rock the Bottom, Junkie) is a co-executive producer, and Dezi Gallegos (Burt And The Wall Children, Nice Guy) is also overseeing the pilot.

This summer, Patel goes back to work with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer) for The Odyssey at Universal Pictures, which is going to premiere July 2026. The movie also stars Matt Damon (Jason Borne, The Martian), Mia Goth (Pearl, Infinity Pool), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, The Idea of You), Robert Pattinson (Die My Love, Twilight), James Remar (It: Welcome to Derry, Dexter), Bill Irwin (Rachael Getting Married, Interstellar), Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Impossible), Zendaya (Challengers, The Drama), Charlize Theron (The Devils Advocate, Mad Max, Fury Road), and Jon Bernthal (The Punisher, The Accountant).

He also reprises his role as Dr. Watson in Enola Holmes 3 for Netflix, starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Modern Family), Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, The Witcher), Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Louis Partridge (The Lost Girls, House of Guinness).