Dexter Resurrection Season 2 Kicks Off Filming This April
Sharpen the knives—Dexter: Resurrection is back on the slab, with showrunner Clyde Phillips saying cameras roll on season 2 in April.
Dexter just will not stay dead. Clyde Phillips says season 2 of 'Dexter: Resurrection' is moving full steam ahead, even as Showtime yanked the plug on the prequel after renewing it. Yes, that happened.
Quick catch-up
The original 'Dexter' ran on Showtime from 2006 to 2013: eight seasons, 96 episodes, and one very polite blood spatter analyst who moonlighted as a vigilante serial killer. Phillips ran the show for its first four seasons. Showtime brought Dexter back in 2021 with 'Dexter: New Blood', which for a minute felt like a final chapter. Then the network decided to build out a whole franchise: first with the prequel 'Dexter: Original Sin', then the follow-up series 'Dexter: Resurrection', which premiered last July.
What Phillips just laid out
- Writers' room: Opened on October 6 and is set to spend about five months writing the full season.
- Filming: Cameras are scheduled to roll on Monday, April 13, 2026.
- Location: Like season 1, season 2 will be set and shot in New York City.
- Cast: Michael C. Hall is back as Dexter Morgan. Jack Alcott returns as Harrison, and James Remar is back as Harry Morgan. Expect some of the new supporting players from season 1 to pop up again, too.
- Fun franchise note: Hall also provided the in-character narration for 'Dexter: Original Sin'.
The prequel whiplash
Phillips had been gearing up for another season of 'Dexter: Original Sin'. Showtime had renewed it… and then reversed course and canceled it. That is a pretty wild pivot, especially after launching a prequel that seemed designed to run in parallel with 'Resurrection'.
Behind the scenes
'Dexter: Resurrection' comes from Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios. Executive producers are Clyde Phillips, Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns, with Marcos Siega serving as producing director. Paramount Global Content Distribution handles distribution.
As a longtime Dexter watcher, I would have liked more 'Original Sin', but if the trade-off is a focused 'Resurrection' season 2, I will take it. April 2026 is circled.