The Dexter prequel collection following the origins of the infamous serial Trinity Killer, performed by John Lithgow within the mothership collection, stays “in growth” at Paramount+ with Showtime. Authentic Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips and fellow Dexter veteran Scott Reynolds will function co-creators and govt producers of the spinoff prequel collection.
Regardless of rumors the present had halted, sources mentioned they held a growth room for the challenge earlier this spring. Scripts have been written, and Phillips shared an replace on the Trinity Killer offshoot with Deadline whereas selling Dexter: Authentic Sin in New York Metropolis earlier this month.
“We wrote all the Trinity Killer collection. For the time being, it’s on the again burner. John Lithgow has agreed to be the voice of his youthful self the way in which Michael Corridor is doing for [Original Sin]. There’s that and we’re doing one other present with Michael C. Corridor, [Resurrection]… We had been writing that whereas taking pictures Authentic Sin, in order that’s pretty busy. We start taking pictures [Resurrection] in January and it’ll air in June 2025.”
Showtime and Phillips’ focus has been on Authentic Sin, which premiered December 13, with Resurrection, the continuation of the highly-rated restricted collection Dexter: New Blood, additionally as high precedence. Resurrection, which might be narrated by Patrick Gibson who performs Younger Dexter in Authentic Sin, was soft-launched within the Authentic Sin premiere which revealed Dexter survived the taking pictures that was meant to kill him for good by his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) at Dexter’s request.
The community and studio executives are additionally doubtless ready to see how Authentic Sin does to gauge if there may be urge for food for an extra Dexter universe growth earlier than committing to Trinity. Up to now, issues are trying promising because the collection premiere of Dexter: Authentic Sin racked up 2.1M international viewers throughout Paramount+ and Showtime within the first three days of availability, in keeping with Paramount International. The corporate additionally says it’s Showtime’s most-streamed premiere ever, though it didn’t specify how a lot of that viewers got here from streaming.
Are you trying ahead to one more spinoff collection set within the Dexter universe?