Showtime Reveal Plans For More “Dexter” Spin-Offs

Based on the Emmy® nominated blockbuster series DEXTER starring Emmy® nominee Michael C. Hall, SHOWTIME has announced a straight-to-series order for the new drama DEXTER: ORIGINS (w/t), to be executive produced by Emmy nominee Clyde Phillips.

Dexter’s son Harrison continues to emerge in the series DEXTER: NEW BLOOD, which the network is updating. SHOWTIME is also considering future projects centered on other DEXTER characters, including the infamous Trinity Killer (played by Emmy winner John Lithgow). Chris McCarthy, President/CEO of Showtime and Paramount Media Networks, made the official statement.

The young Dexter Morgan at the beginning of his transformation into the vengeful serial killer he would become will be dramatized in DEXTER: ORIGINS. The series will follow Dexter after he graduates from college and joins Miami Metro, where he encounters younger versions of many of the individuals we met in the original DEXTER. The show is set in the Miami that was a hotbed of genuine serial killers of his day. Also featured prominently in the episode will be Dexter’s family, which includes the still-alive Harry and the tough Deb, now a teenager.

A reboot of the 2021–22 drama that dominated SHOWTIME’s ratings, DEXTER: NEW BLOOD returns for a second season. The son of Dexter, Harrison, is the protagonist of the drama. After a rocky meeting with his father, Harrison leaves to New York City, where he must confront his violent nature and ask himself if he, too, is driven to kill. With a fresh perspective, DEXTER: NEW BLOOD will revisit the same themes and situations as the SHOWTIME original.

SHOWTIME is also looking into other characters from the DEXTER universe for possible series development.“The DEXTER saga has been an undeniable creative and popular success for SHOWTIME, both in its original, groundbreaking form and the record-setting DEXTER: NEW BLOOD,” said McCarthy. “The series is a rich foundation for other shows in the lane of complex, subversive antiheroes that SHOWTIME has always done so brilliantly. Clyde is deep into compelling stories and characters that will satisfy the cravings of our multifaceted audience.”

Said Phillips: “I couldn’t be more excited about exploring and expanding the universe of DEXTER. It’s a privilege to contemplate going even deeper with these complex and iconic characters – and the stories, themes and possibilities they inspire. I’m thrilled that Chris and my friends at SHOWTIME want me to help them grow this truly unique and amazingly successful franchise.”

The eight-season run of the original DEXTER premiered in the fall of 2006 and starred Hall as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami Metro police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The show became one of the most acclaimed series on television, earning multiple Emmy nominations for best television drama series as well as a prestigious Peabody Award in 2008, and was twice named one of AFI’s top 10 television series. All previous seasons of DEXTER and DEXTER: NEW BLOOD, are now available for subscribers on SHOWTIME.

SHOWTIME signed Phillips to an overall deal in 2021. Phillips has earned Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series in three consecutive years, as well as a Peabody Award and four nominations from both the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, for his work as executive producer and showrunner of DEXTER. In addition, Phillips created the series Suddenly Susan, Get Real and Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and his producing and writing credits include the series NURSE JACKIE, Feed the Beast and Boomtown among many others. In addition, he is the author of four national bestselling mystery novels.