By Paramount has announced a December 13th premiere date for “Dexter: Original Sin,” the upcoming 1990s-set prequel to the iconic drama “Dexter”.
The ten-episode series will launch via streaming and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers and internationally. The U.S. linear broadcast will then premiere two days later.
The original eight-season long series starred Michael C. Hall as a police blood spatter analyst who moonlights as a serial killer. Hell returns to the series as the show’s narrator.
Patrick Gibson (“Shadow and Bone”) has been cast as the young Dexter Morgan in the series which begins fifteen years earlier and Dexter is a 20-year-old student transitioning into a serial killer in training.
When his urges can no longer be ignored, he finds understanding in his father Harry (Christian Slater) who teaches Dexter a Code designed to both avoiding getting caught and help him find and kill people who deserve to die.
At the same time, the young Dexter begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department. Also starring as younger versions of existing characters are Molly Brown as Dexter’s sister Debra, James Martinez as Angel Batista, Christina Milian as Maria LaGuerta and Alex Shimizu as Vince Masuka.
Also onboard are Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Michelle Gellar as the Miami Homicide Department Captain and CSI chief respectively.
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