Sumith Prasad
The ‘Dexter’ saga will live beyond the titular vigilante killer, after all! The Cinemaholic can announce that Paramount+ with Showtime has ordered the crime drama series ‘Dexter: Resurrection,’ a sequel to ‘Dexter: New Blood.’ The filming of the show will start in New York on January 6 and last until June 2, 2025. Clyde Phillips, who developed the original series as a sequel to ‘Dexter,’ is the showrunner. Michael C. Hall is confirmed to return as the titular serial killer.
‘New Blood’ ends with Harrison Morgan killing his father, Dexter Morgan. Even though Dexter is supposed to kill only those who deserve to die, he breaks the rule by murdering Sergeant Logan to reunite with Harrison. The son then punishes the father by killing him with the latter’s permission. Angela then urges Harrison to disappear from the town to avoid getting caught for the murder. She prepares to take responsibility for the killing while Harrison drives out of town.
The sequel series is expected to follow Harrison after he flees to New York City after killing Dexter. He will have to wrestle with his own violent nature, as he, like his father, is compelled to kill as well. “Harrison is such a complicated character and he has within him the seeds of the dark passenger. He’s capable. Look at that takedown of Dexter in the end; what’s in Harrison is that he has to kill this man,” Phillips told Deadline about the character’s future.
“Harrison brings a different perspective to the vigilantism of it all than Dexter did, which was kind of surprising to Dexter. He brings this youthful, optimistic innocence that he and his dad are basically Batman and Robin. Think of every time we take out one of these bad guys how many lives we’re saving that this bad person is not going to kill. Dexter never thought of that. Dexter was only taking out bad guys because that was his code,” Phillips added.
As of now, since Harrison flees from Iron Lake, leaving behind every person he knows, Jack Alcott is the only actor guaranteed to appear in the show along with Hall. The latter may play Dexter, despite his character’s death, specifically in flashback or dream sequences similar to how James Remar appears in the original ‘Dexter’ series as Harry Morgan. It will not be a surprise if Julia Jones’ Police Chief Angela Bishop features in the series, returning to Harrison’s life.
The sequel series is in the works after Showtime canceled the original show back in January 2023. The latter garnered record viewership for the network, as it drew 8 million weekly viewers across all platforms to become its most-watched series. At the time, Showtime’s priority was the prequel series ‘Dexter: Original Sin,’ which began filming in Los Angeles and Miami last month with Patrick Gibson as the lead and Hall as the narrator.
The prequel series follows Dexter in 1991 in Miami as a student transitioning into a serial killer in training. When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter finds solace and understanding in Harry, who teaches him a code that’s designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to die—all while avoiding getting caught by law enforcement despite him being a forensics intern at the Miami Metro Police Department.
New York is a new location for the franchise since ‘Dexter’ was filmed in Miami, Florida, and Long Beach, California, and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ was mainly shot in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The state has previously hosted the filming of popular projects such as ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ and Netflix’s ‘Eric.’
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