Original Dexter Star Makes Killer Return Announcement at SDCC

Dexter star Michael C. Hall will not only return as the “inner voice of Dexter” in the upcoming prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, he was also lead his own sequel series, Dexter: Resurrection, it has been revealed (via Deadline). The announcement happened during the Dexter panel at San Diego Comic-Con, with Hall himself making an appearance and said he could not wait to watch The OA star Patrick Gibson play a younger version of the vigilante serial killer.

“It’s pretty heady. I’m having flashbacks of the first time I came to Comic-Con. We were in this hall. That was … 75 years ago? It’s amazing to still be alive. I cannot wait to watch this show. To a certain degree, I have a sense of what is coming. I’ve spent so much time with this character and to go back to have those sort of imaginative blanks filled in this technicolor show … It’s amazing.”

As well as his surprise comeback in Dexter: Original Sin, Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO, teased Hall’s return in the newly revealed sequel series.

“We are thrilled to have the brilliant Michael C. Hall reprise his iconic role as Dexter Morgan in Showtime’s most successful series ever. While ‘Dexter: Ressurection’ will appeal to the tens of millions of longtime fans, ‘Dexter: Original Sin‘ will introduce a whole new generation of viewers into this iconic series by starting from the beginning, which is sure to satisfy existing audiences as well.”

The original Dexter series premiered in the fall of 2006 and starred Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The 2021 revival, Dexter: New Blood, attempted to improve on the controversial ending of the original series by…delivering another controversial ending, in which the title character is seemingly killed by his son, Harrison.

The title, Resurrection, suggests Dexter will survive somehow. So, was the seemingly fatal shooting not so fatal after all? Or will Dexter survive within Harrison’s mind, becoming his ‘Dark Passenger’?

Dexter: Original Sin Will Debut on Paramount+ in December

Dexter

Release Date

October 1, 2006

Seasons

8

Studio

Showtime

Franchise

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While we await answers, Dexter: Original Sin will run for 10 episodes and picks up with the character in 1991, 15 years before the original series. The series stars Patrick Gibson as Dexter, Christian Slater as his father Harry, and Molly Brown as his sister Debra. The rest of the cast includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Martinez, Christina Milian, Reno Wilson, Alex Shimizu, Joe Pantoliano, Brittany Allen, and Patrick Dempsey.

You can check out the official synopsis below.

“When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry, he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.”