Paramount renews Dexter Resurrection for Season 2 with writers room

Paramount has renewed Dexter Resurrection for a second season, the studio and series star Michael C. Hall announced this week, confirming that a writers room is being assembled and that production will continue on the sequel to Dexter New Blood. Hall posted a video message saying, "We've been greenlit for another season," and that "there's more to come," adding that details would be forthcoming.

Dexter Resurrection resumes the story of Dexter Morgan weeks after the 2021 limited series Dexter New Blood. In Season 1, Dexter, played by Hall, awakens from a coma after being shot in the chest by his son Harrison, played by Jack Alcott, and finds Harrison missing. The season follows Dexter as he travels to New York to find his son while confronting investigators from his past, including Miami Metro detective Angel Batista, portrayed by David Zayas. Batista dies over the course of the first season.

Season 1 premiered in July and drew an early audience, registering 4.4 million multiplatform viewers in its first seven days, according to the studio. The cast also includes Uma Thurman, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Kadia Saraf, Dominic Fumusa, Emilia Suárez, James Remar and Peter Dinklage, with...