Dexter Original Sin Creator Is 'Not Happy' About the Show's Renewal and Cancellation: 'It Wasn't Handled Well'

Fans of Dexter were devastated erstwhile the 2nd play of spinoff bid Dexter: Original Sin was scrapped past month, conscionable 4 months aft it garnered a caller play bid from Paramount — but creator and showrunner Clyde Phillips is conscionable arsenic upset arsenic Dexter’s loyal fans, and helium didn’t mince words astir his feelings connected the situation.

“It was a pugnacious telephone telephone I got that nighttime wherever they had already picked up the show,” Phillips explained connected a caller occurrence of the Dissecting Dexter podcast. “I had informed each the writers and actors, and past they unpicked it up, each portion picking up Resurrection, which was nary surprise. It wasn’t handled good and I’m not blessed astir it.”

The bid ended up connected the chopping artifact erstwhile caller enactment came into Paramount arsenic a effect of its precocious illustration merger with Skydance, and it’s wide not everyone is successful statement with the determination — including the fans, who person started to run for the workplace to reconsider. Sadly, Phillips noted that helium doesn’t deliberation Paramount volition person a alteration of heart.

In fact, the company’s determination to scrap the task altogether suggests it has scaled backmost its plans for the Dexter franchise. Phillips revealed connected the podcast that anterior to the Skydance merger, the workplace wanted to crook Dexter into a Yellowstone-style franchise successful which Phillips would instrumentality connected the aforesaid responsibilities and nationalist look arsenic Taylor Sheridan does for the amusement helium created and the greater franchise that spawned from it.

Because of that plan, Phillips and improvement execs had plotted retired a greater roadmap for the Dexter franchise and wherever it could spell successful the aboriginal — but it seems each of that has been cancelled now. The lone happening that remains of the rebuilt Dexter franchise is Dexter: Resurrection, which is inactive said to beryllium returning for its 2nd play contempt the information that it hasn’t been confirmed conscionable yet.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.