Showtime has given the green light to a 10-episode limited series starring Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan The relaunch will go into production in early 2021, five years after its first series ended. of 8 seasons
“DEXTER is such a special series, both for its millions of fans and for SHOWTIME, because this groundbreaking show helped put our network on the map many years ago,” said Gary Levine, the one of Showtime’s entertainment presidents in a statement
« We would only come back to this unique character if we could find a creative version that was truly worthy of the brilliant original series, » the statement continued. « Well I’m happy to report that Clyde Phillips and Michael C Hall found it, and we can’t wait to film it and show it to the world! »
The original show was criticized for its mess of a series finale, which saw Morgan remove her sister Deb from breathing support before throwing her into the ocean, faking her death, abandoning her son and becoming lumberjack
“I honestly find this to be a pretty dark ending, and I think it upset a lot of people,” Hall admitted in a later interview with IGN “Certainly the shaking of some aspects of the eighth season has maybe made this ending less acceptable to people I don’t think people were ready to be told that, because they already felt a sense of ambivalence for the show But the idea of him trapping himself in a prison of his own making, I think it suitable [for the character] «
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