Dexter is without doubt one of the finest exhibits to look at on Showtime, and lately the franchise expanded with three spinoffs. These with a premium Paramount+ subscription had been handled to each Dexter: Authentic Sin and extra not too long ago Resurrection, which simply aired its finale. Showrunner Clyde Phillips not too long ago spoke about Authentic Sin‘s cancellation, in addition to authentic plans for much more prequels.
Regardless of initially being renewed for Season 2, followers had been shocked when Dexter: Authentic Sin ended up being cancelled in any case. This can be a actual bummer, particularly as a result of I liked how the solid’s superb impressions of the unique Dexter solid. Whereas showing on the Dissecting Dexter podcast, Phillips (who created Authentic Sin) received trustworthy concerning the present being scrapped. In his phrases:
It was a troublesome telephone name that I received that evening. That they had already picked up the present, and I’d knowledgeable all of the writers and knowledgeable all of the actors, after which they un-picked it up. It wasn’t dealt with properly, and I’m not pleased about it.
Ouch. A few of the solid of Authentic Sin have posted about its cancellation, which clearly got here to an enormous shock to everybody concerned. Because the creator and showrunner, I can solely think about how Phillips remains to be feeling. In spite of everything, he presumably had plans for methods to proceed the prequel collection, and get Patrick Gibson’s protagonist nearer to the Dexter we all know and love. Alas, we’ll seemingly by no means get to see these worlds collide over at Miami Metro.
On the time of penning this, there have been three spinoffs to the flagship collection. New Blood began it off, choosing up after the controversial Dexter finale. After that got here Authentic Sin, after which Resurrection. The latter introduced again numerous OGs, together with David Zayas’s Angel Bautista, Desmond Harrington’s Joey Quinn, and C.S. Lee’s Vince Masuka.
Throughout the identical podcast, Phillips claimed former Paramount boss Chris McCarthy needed to maintain increasing the Dexter franchise… earlier than Paramount’s merger with Skydance modified issues. As he put it:
He needed me to be his new Taylor Sheridan. We plotted out a few years of this, wanting ahead to introducing new characters.
This can be a reference to the Yellowstone franchise, which is consistently being expanded with new spinoffs. Clyde Phillips had numerous a lot of these prequels within the works, together with ones about James Doakes and Captain Matthews. There was additionally one other Dexter present being shaped round Jon Lithgow’s Trinity Killer, aka one of many franchise’s finest villains. Phillips shared doubts about whether or not or not we’ll ever see that undertaking now, saying:
In the event that they cancel Authentic Sin, which is a built-in hit, how are they going to choose up Trinity? In the event that they do, I’d be delighted, however I don’t see them doing it.
He is received some extent. If Showtime dropped Authentic Sin after it had been formally renewed, it appears unlikely that we’ll get extra spinoffs. However followers are seemingly going to maintain their fingers crossed in hopes of seeing Trinity again. Fortunately, Lithgow did have a small however memorable cameo in Resurrection.
The complete Dexter franchise is streaming with on Paramount+ with Showtime. Solely time will inform if the property is finished endlessly, of if we’ll get to see extra of Michael C. Corridor’s signature character on the small display. On the time of penning this story, Resurrection hasn’t been renewed for Season 2.