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Coogler's Proximity Media Signs Netflix Deal, Launches X-Files, Southern Bastards

6/19/2026

Summary

Story summary

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Proximity Media signed a multi-year Netflix deal to produce TV series.
The Netflix agreement comes after Proximity Media’s five-year Disney TV contract ends in early 2026.
Proximity Media is launching pilots for an ordered The X-Files reboot and a Southern Bastards series.
Coogler won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners, which earned $365 million worldwide and was 2025’s top-grossing film.

History

Historical Context

In August 2017 Netflix struck an exclusive multi-year development deal with Shonda Rhimes’s Shondaland, marking its shift toward auteur-run production houses after original-content launches like House of Cards in 2013. The strategy intensified when Disney pulled its catalog in 2019 to launch Disney+, prompting Netflix to secure similar deals, such as Proximity Media’s post-2026 contract, echoing the earlier $400 million Canadian investment to boost local studios.

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Story summary

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Proximity Media signed a multi-year Netflix deal to produce TV series.
The Netflix agreement comes after Proximity Media’s five-year Disney TV contract ends in early 2026.
Proximity Media is launching pilots for an ordered The X-Files reboot and a Southern Bastards series.
Coogler won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Sinners, which earned $365 million worldwide and was 2025’s top-grossing film.

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