Paramount is shaking up its Dexter plans – shelving one series while fast-tracking another.
As Variety reported, Dexter: Original Sin won’t be coming back for a second season after all – despite that shiny renewal announcement back in April. Paramount has decided to quietly close the book on the prequel series, which ran from December 2024 to February 2025 and has been sitting in production limbo ever since.
From Origins To Resurrection
The focus instead is shifting to Dexter: Resurrection, where Michael C. Hall is back in his most famous role. A second season isn’t officially greenlit yet, but Paramount is already assembling a writers’ room. The move makes sense: Resurrection has been a rare success story, drawing 4.4 million multiplatform viewers in its first week and earning great critics. For a franchise that’s been running in one form or another for nearly two decades, that’s no small feat.The timing is also telling. With the Skydance–Paramount merger still fresh and Matt Thunell overseeing Showtime’s output, the leadership team is combing through every project on the slate. Their conclusion seems clear – audiences want Hall back as Dexter Morgan, not a younger version of the character still fumbling his way toward his dark destiny.
So while Original Sin ends after one season, Resurrection looks like the future of the franchise – and Paramount is betting on Dexter’s second life rather than his origin story.