Everything is coming up “X-Files.”

From the upcoming Ryan Coogler-led series to the phenomenal Lego set to the updated cut of “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” from original creator Chris Carter, the seminal Fox television series (which ran from 1993 – 2002 and again from 2016 – 2018) is having a moment. And that moment will continue well into next year, with the release of “The X-Files: The Official Archives: Volume II: Extraterrestrial Activity and the Syndicate,” coming on March 7, 2027, from Abrams Books. You can pre-order now wherever you get your books.

Check out an exclusive look inside the book and hear from author Paul Terry about the follow-up to 2020’s “The X-Files: The Official Archives: Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena,” below:

Abrams notes that the new book “details Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder’s close encounters with alien beings and exposes the secrets of the shadowy Syndicate. Featuring UFOs, little green men, and the conspiracies to hide them from the public, these richly detailed and painstakingly re-created case files open up the ‘X-Files’ universe like never before. These vital cases served as the backbone to the cult television series and provided a powerful throughline and emotional lifeline for Agent Mulder. Now, through archival imagery and reports, fans can experience firsthand the thrills of some of the series’ most beloved episodes, including ‘Deep Throat,’ ‘Jose Chung’s from Outer Space,’ ‘Fight the Future,’ ‘Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man’ and many more.”

Terry, a composer, songwriter and writer behind “Kolchak: The Night Stalker – Haunted & Hunted” (an official anthology of five original prose stories) and (with Tara Bennett) “The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said that this new volume is a whopping 60 pages longer than the first “X-Files” book. “I know that X-Files fans have been waiting patiently for this. And I promise that their patience will be rewarded,” said Terry.

This new volume, he promises, “covers the entire ‘X-Files’ mythology.” “That means everything from seasons one through eleven and the Fight the Future movie. It’s utterly exhaustive,” Terry explained.

And yes, the new volume will undoubtedly surprise even the most hardcore “X-Files” fan (we have seen your “The truth is out there” tattoo and we salute you).

“Some of these case files, and their contents — pieced together from what we uncovered in the archives — are going to be very surprising,” added Terry. “While doing all the research, I had countless moments where I gasped at what we found, still intact, after being undisturbed for decades. There are some very special and highly significant items that are deeply meaningful to the mythology. And, of course, to the fans.”

And yes, there will be a narrative woven into the ephemera.

“Mulder and Scully’s investigations into extraterrestrial activity and the Syndicate was often very dangerous. With volume two, I felt it was important to capture the spirit of that,” said Terry. “And so, as the reader studies the case files, they will gradually pick up on something else that is going on. Something perilous. It heightens the classified nature of what Agents Mulder and Scully, and others, investigated, in search of the truth.”

As always, it’s important to trust no one.

“The X-Files: The Official Archives: Volume II: Extraterrestrial Activity and the Syndicate” by Paul Terry hits bookshelves on March 7, 2027, from Abrams Books. Preorder it now.

14^th is coming out of the gate strong.

Ava DuVernay’s documentary examining threats to the 14^th Amendment, which held its world premiere Friday at the New York Film Festival, earned a leading six nominations Tuesday as the 11^th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced its nominees.

Close behind with five nominations each: You Can See Everything, the documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim; Once Upon a Time in Harlem, directed by David Greaves and produced by Liani Greaves; and Nuisance Bear, directed by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman.

Several films landed four nominations each including Everybody to Kenmure Street, directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra; Rehearsals for a Revolution, directed by Pegah Ahangarani; Remake, directed by Ross McElwee; The History of Concrete, directed by John Wilson; and Everest: The Other Side, directed by Oscar winners E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.

Scroll for the full list of nominees.

14^th’s nominations come in the categories of Best Documentary Feature, Best Political Documentary and Best Historical Documentary, as well as DuVernay for Best Director, Spencer Averick for Best Editing, and Jason Moran for Best Music Score.

Joining 14^th in the Best Documentary Feature category are:

Winners will be revealed at a gala event November 8 at The Edison Ballroom in Manhattan, with Ross Mathews serving as emcee.

“This year’s nominees reflect the range of voices, perspectives, and stories that make documentary filmmaking so compelling,” said Christopher Campbell, Critics Choice Association’s VP, Documentary. “These films challenge us to see the world in new ways and reinforce the vital role documentaries play in informing, engaging, and inspiring audiences. We are proud to recognize the exceptional talent and creativity behind this year’s nominated films.”

As previously announced, Ron Howard will receive the Critics Choice Impact Award, an honor recognizing “filmmakers whose work, influence, and commitment to nonfiction storytelling have made a significant and lasting impact on the documentary form, broadening its reach and championing its continued evolution.” Howard’s documentaries include Avedon (2026), Jim Henson Idea Man (2024), We Feed People (2022), Rebuilding Paradise (2020) and Pavarotti (2019).

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, as previously announced, will receive the CCA’s Pennebaker Award, an honor that will be presented by DA Pennebaker’s widow and collaborator Chris Hegedus. “Named in tribute to trailblazing documentarian DA Pennebaker, the award (formerly the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award) celebrates filmmakers whose careers have made a profound and lasting contribution to the art of documentary storytelling.”

Feature-length documentaries, two-part documentaries and short-form documentaries are eligible for nomination if first released commercially in the U.S. between January 1-December 31, 2026. Documentaries may be delivered to audiences theatrically or by broadcast, cable, or streaming. Documentary series of three episodes or more are eligible for nomination if a majority of the episodes of the series’ eligible season have been released between January 1-December 31, 2026.

Below is the full list of nominees.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

14th (Netflix)

Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

Musk (Bleecker Street)

NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

Remake (Music Box Films)

You Can See Everything (A24)

DIRECTOR

Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor – NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Ava DuVernay – 14th (Netflix)

Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – You Can See Everything (A24)

Ross McElwee – Remake (Music Box Films)

Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)

FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)

John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

David Bolen – You Can See Everything (A24)

David Bolen & Matt Clegg – The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Sophie Darlington – Lion (National Geographic)

Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)

Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

EDITING

Spencer Averick – 14th (Netflix)

Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (A24)

Colin Monie – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Cori Wapnowska – The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

NARRATION

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features)

Written by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy
Performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Written by John Wilson
Performed by John Wilson

Lorne (Focus Features)
Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter
Performed by Chris Parnell

Nuisance Bear (Mubi)
Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Written by Pegah Ahangarani
Performed by Pegah Ahangarani

Remake (Music Box Films)
Written by Ross McElwee
Performed by Ross McElwee

MUSIC SCORE

Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (A24)

Dan Deacon – Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Jason Moran – 14th (Netflix)

Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (National Geographic)

MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (HBO Max)

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Greenwich Entertainment)

Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (Group Effort Films / Naked Edge Films)

POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

14th (Netflix)

American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)

Ask E. Jean (Abramorama)

Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Musk (Bleecker Street)

NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Union Town (Cabin Creek Films)

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

14th (Netflix)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Netflix)

Soul Patrol (Kino Lorber)

Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Netflix)

BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

Avedon (Netflix)

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Netflix)

Lorne (Focus Features)

Marty, Life Is Short (Netflix)

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max)

Musk (Bleecker Street)

ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Making Marie Antoinette (Mubi)

Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

Remake (Music Box Films)

SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features)

Ghost Elephants (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Lion (National Geographic)

Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Secrets of the Bees (National Geographic)

Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)

SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)

Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Give Me the Ball! (ESPN)

Rafa (Netflix)

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Tyson (Netflix)

TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

Baby Doe (Narrative Distribution)

Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Dark Star Pictures)

The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix)

A Killer Story (HBO Max)

Lost Women of Alaska (Investigation Discovery)

Murder in Glitterball City (HBO Max)

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Netflix)

A Derailment (POV)

Escalation (Bonfire Films)

Miller Night Football (HBO Max)

Oh Whale (The New Yorker / Switchboard Magazine)

The Second Life of Freddie Nole (Sweet World Films)

A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil (archilux)

They’re Here (Praxis Films)

LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

9/11: Reunited (National Geographic)

The Dark Wizard (HBO Max)

The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)

High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock)

Lion (National Geographic)

The Man Will Burn (HBO Max)

Rafa (Netflix)

ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

30 for 30 (ESPN)

American Masters (PBS)

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)

The Food That Built America (History)

Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (History)

Independent Lens (PBS)

Untold (Netflix)

Ryan Coogler’s “X-Files” pilot has been picked up to series at Hulu, the streamer announced on Tuesday. The reimagining stars Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel as two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents who form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.

Coogler wrote, directed and executive produced the pilot — which was also shot by his Oscar-winning “Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw — and will serve as executive producer along with showrunner and executive producer Jennifer Yale.

Executive producers also include Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian (Proximity Media) and Chris Carter. Co-executive producers are Simone Harris (Proximity Media), Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel.

“I’ve loved ‘The X-Files’ for a long time, so getting the chance to write and direct the pilot has meant a great deal to me,” said Coogler in a statement. “What Chris Carter created is special, and we wanted to honor everything that made the original series connect with so many people while also finding our own way into that world. Danielle and Himesh, along with the rest of our cast, have brought such original perspectives and performances to these characters, and watching that come together has been one of the most rewarding parts of the experience. I couldn’t have asked for better collaborators than my crew, colleagues at Proximity Media and our partners at Onyx Collective and 20th Television. I’m grateful for the trust and support they’ve given us as we take on this new chapter.”

“We’re looking forward to continuing this journey as executive producers and especially excited to work closely with Jennifer Yale, Simone Harris, and the entire cast and crew as we bring this new chapter of ‘The X-Files’ to life. It was also incredibly special to have our fellow Proximity co-founder Ludwig Göransson contribute the score for the pilot, making this a true collaboration across the Proximity family,” said Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, founders of Proximity Media.

More to come…