“ Dexter: Original Sin ” creator Clyde Phillips has spoken out after the renewal — and then cancellation — of the Paramount+ serial killer prequel series.

Despite the series getting renewed for Season 2 in April, Variety broke the news in August that “Original Sin” had, in fact, been killed by the streamer.

“It was a tough phone call that I got that night. They had already picked up the show, and I’d informed all the writers and informed all the actors, and then they un-picked it up,” Phillips said on the “Dissecting Dexter” podcast . “It wasn’t handled well, and I’m not happy about it.”

While the prequel, starring Patrick Gibson as a younger Dexter Morgan, will not return for Season 2, Paramount+ plans to open a writers room for a potential Season 2 of “ Dexter: Resurrection

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