Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 Finally Confirms Filming Start and Release Window

If you figured Dexter: Resurrection would quietly fade after one season, Clyde Phillips just waved a big, bloody flag that says otherwise. The creator of Resurrection (and the showrunner for the first four seasons of the original Dexter) jumped on the Dissecting Dexter podcast and laid out an actual timetable for Season 2 — even though Paramount hasn’t officially pressed the greenlight button yet. Hollywood, everybody.

So, is Season 2 happening?

Michael [C. Hall]’s got a three-year deal. I’ve got a three-year deal. We’re gonna be making this.

That’s Phillips’ way of saying: contracts are in place, and the machine is moving.

When do cameras roll?

Phillips says the plan is to start filming in spring 2026. He actually blurted out both spring and summer in the same breath, but then locked it to spring. The writing room opens October 6, with a pretty standard TV cadence after that.

• Writers room opens: October 6
• Writing: through the holidays into early spring
• Soft prep: stages, sets, and location planning
• Casting: kicks off after prep
• Filming: targeting spring 2026 (he also mentioned summer, but spring is the line he stuck to)
• Release: he flat-out said it won’t air next summer; figure late 2026 at the earliest, or more realistically the first half of 2027

Any crossover with that canceled prequel?

On whether Season 2 could pull in characters from the axed prequel series Original Sin, Phillips played it coy but open. He said there’s always a chance — sometimes those ideas pop in the writers room, sometimes they hit in the edit bay. Translation: he isn’t promising anything, but he’s not shutting the door.

The inside-baseball bit here is fun: no formal Season 2 order, yet the showrunner already has dates, a writers room start, and a release window he’s willing to say out loud. That usually means everyone involved expects the yes — and is acting like they already got it.