The young Dexter Morgan’s transformation into a serial killer will continue into a second season.
Paramount+ With Showtime has renewed Dexter: Original Sin for season two, following the conclusion of its 10-episode first installment in February. A writers room for the second season is set to begin work soon, with showrunner Clyde Phillips again at the helm.
Original Sin‘s first season takes place in 1991 and focuses on Dexter (Patrick Gibson) as he makes his first kills, guided by his father, Harry (Christian Slater), while also working as an intern in the Miami Metro Police Department.
Phillips told The Hollywood Reporter midway through the season that the prequel allowed him and his fellow writers the chance to highlight the origins of key elements of the Dexter flagship series, which stars Michael C. Hall as the adult Dexter (Hall also narrates Original Sin). “This season’s a whole Easter egg hunt,” Phillips said. “There’s a lot of chatter on the internet already about what we’re putting in here, and why. It’s also just so fun because this season is a period piece, within a period piece. We have all of this great imagery we get to use from the ’90s, but also from the ’70s, with Harry’s storyline. We get to lay in all these wonderful wall phones, the first car phone, whatever it is. We’re having so much fun watching people watch out for all of that.”
Molly Brown, Christina Milian, James Martinez, Alex Shimizu, Reno Wilson, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Patrick Dempsey also starred in season one.
The season finale had laid the groundwork for another season when it released in February. Phillips is also currently working on the present-day spinoff series in the franchise, Dexter: Resurrection, which will also star Hall and is set for a summer release.
Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios produce Dexter: Original Sin. Phillips executive produced the first season with Scott Reynolds, Hall, Mary Leah Sutton, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns; Michael Lehmann served as directing executive producer. Robert Lloyd Lewis produces.
Source: Hollywoodreporter
