Dexter Prequel Reveals First Look at Young Dexter

First announced in 2023, Dexter: Original Sin has been making a lot of waves lately as news of a prequel series to the original Showtime hit has been met with a mixed bag of responses thus far. Set 10 years prior to the events in Dexter, which began in 2006, the series stars Patrick Gibson as a young Dexter Morgan, the avenging serial killer made famous by Michael C. Hall.

Thanks to Variety, we now have our first look at Gibson as the young killer in an image which takes us back to the original series — showing one of Dexter’s victims wrapped in plastic, with a young Morgan dressed to the nines in his famous rubber apron and gloves, poised for the kill.

In addition to Gibson, Showtime at Paramount+ has also revealed our first look at some of Dexter: Original Sin’s other cast members, which include Christian Slater as Harry Morgan, Dexter’s adoptive father, and Molly Brown as his foul-mouthed sister Debra Morgan, portrayed in the original series by the incomparable Jennifer Carpenter. Check out all the new images for Dexter: Original Sin below.

Dexter: Original Sin Will Feature Fresh Faces in Familiar Roles

With Dexter running from 2006 to 2013 on Showtime, fans of the series got comfortable with a cast of familiar faces: Angel Batista (David Zayas), Maria LaGuerta (Lauren Vélez), Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee), and even Dexter’s birth mother, Laura Moser (Sage Kirkpatrick), in several flashbacks each week. Despite its controversial ending, as is the case with many popular TV shows, some viewers felt a sense of loss, like they’d just said goodbye to beloved family members they’d gotten to know over the course of eight years.

While the 2021 revival series, Dexter: New Blood, introduced fans to a whole new cast, past favorites like Jennier Carpenter, David Zayas, and even John Lithgow (as the series’ most iconic villain, Arthur Mitchell, a.k.a. The Trinity Killer), made an appearance in the show to help audiences get their nostalgic fix.

Such will not be the case with Dexter: Original Sin, as a whole set of fresh faces will be stepping into some iconic roles that audiences will have to get to know all over again. While the prequel certainly features some big names, whether audiences take to them over the course of the 10-episode series remains to be seen. Below is a confirmed list of which cast members will be portraying some of our all-time favorites in the new prequel series.

• Patrick Gibson – Dexter Morgan
• Molly Brown – Debra Morgan
• Christian Slater – Harry Morgan
• Christina Millan – Maria LaGuerta
• James Martinez – Angel Batista
• Alex Shimizu – Vince Masuka
• Brittany Allen – Laura Moser

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In addition to the above, Dexter: Original Sin features Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Geller as Tanya Martin, Dexter Morgan’s new boss and chief of CSI, as well as Grey’s Anatomy alum Patrick Dempsey as Aaron Spencer, captain of Miami Metro Police’s homicide division.

There’s no set release date for Dexter: Original Sin just yet, as filming just began earlier this year. We’ll have more news on the series, including a premiere date, as it becomes available.