I still haven't gotten around to watching Atlanta and I don't remember her leaving an impact on me in Watchmen (I was really very distracted by James Wolk in his bat-panties while watching that show, to the point where most everything else was blasted out of my brain) but I can very specifically pinpoint the moment that I sat up and was like, "Danielle Deadwyler is a goddamned rock-star" and it was her small but pivotal role on Station Eleven. And since then she's only gotten better every time I've seen her -- Till was always going to be a hard watch but damn AMPAS to hell for ignoring her performance, she's tremendous in it. Anyway that's all to say I hooted with glee when it was announced this weekend that Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot has found its leading lady with her -- I was never averse to the idea of bringing this show back with new people because the base idea of it is rock-solid and it could and should keep going for ages. And okay no I don't think Sinners is the Best Picture of 2025 but it's still an immensely entertaining horror film with some great scares and performances so let Coogler be the one to do this. Hiring Danielle gives me even more confidence. Also it's pretty clear that Gillian Anderson wants to show up in some capacity as Scully, and Coogler's on the record that they've talked. I'm in! All in! I want this on the air tonight by the time I get home dammit. Get to it!
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This project gives me vibes of Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone.
It could be a huge flop.
Yeah I thought of Peele's Twilight Zone, which I'm sad flopped - it didn't start out great but I wish they'd given it a chance to find its footing. That's another series that could still be running and doing great stuff, if they had.
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