Overview

• Paramount+ rescinded its previously announced Season 2 pickup for Dexter: Original Sin after the Skydance merger, canceling the prequel in late August.
• Clyde Phillips said the decision was handled poorly, noting he had already informed writers and actors the show was moving forward before it was “un-picked.”
• Phillips said he and a writers’ room completed 10 scripts for a Trinity prequel and 10 for a Harrison series, which he now describes as on the back-burner.
• Variety reported a writers’ room was being assembled for a potential Dexter: Resurrection Season 2, and Phillips said plans call for writing to start later this year with a tentative spring 2026 shoot if it proceeds.
• A Change.org petition urging Paramount to reinstate Original Sin had nearly 100,000 verified signatures as of Monday, but Showtime/Paramount ownership limits the show’s prospects at another outlet.