Paramount+ is walking back a spinoff’s season 2 renewal.
“Dexter: Original Sin” has been canceled, Variety reported on Friday, August 22. The crime drama was renewed for season 2 in April, but Variety reports that no production dates were ever scheduled for the new installment. NJ.com has reached out to Paramount+ for comment.
It’s possible that the cancelation is Paramount+’s attempts to focus on another “Dexter” series. Variety reported that there are already plans to open a writer’s room for season 2 of “Dexter: Resurrection,” which premiered in July.
The OG “Dexter” aired on Showtime from 2006 to 2013. The Emmy-winning series starred Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a forensic technician/vigilante serial killer whose only victims are other murderers.
The now-canceled “Dexter: Or