The limited series revival is confirmed to air later this year. <\/p>
The much-anticipated Dexter<\/a> revival is officially coming to the UK.<\/p>\n Dexter: New Blood will launch on Sky Atlantic and NOW \u2013 the series was previously confirmed to premiere on Sunday, 7th November on Showtime in the US and while a UK air date is yet to be confirmed, RadioTimes.com<\/a> can confirm that it will broadcast this autumn.<\/p>\n Michael C Hall will reprise his role as the titular serial killer, eight years on from the show\u2019s original series finale.<\/p>\n A synopsis for the new 10-part series teases: \u201cNow living in self-imposed exile under a new name, Dexter is doing everything to forget the man he once was. But how long can he run away from his past? And his own urges?\u201d<\/p>\n Other Dexter veterans set to return include Jennifer Carpenter as Dexter\u2019s adopted sister Deb \u2013 despite her character\u2019s demise in the original finale \u2013 and John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer \u2013 another character previously thought to have met a grisly demise.<\/p>\n\n Starring alongside Hall, Carpenter and Lithgow in Dexter: New Blood will be Clancy Brown<\/a> as Kurt Caldwell, the \u201cunofficial mayor\u201d of small town Iron Lake, Julia Jones as Angela Bishop, the first Native American Chief of Police in the upstate New York town, and Believe\u2019s Johnny Sequoyah as Her rebellious daughter Audrey.<\/p>\n Also joining the cast are\u00a0Alano Miller\u00a0as an Iron Lake Police Department sergeant who also doubles up as the assistant wrestling coach for the local high school, and\u00a0Jack Alcott\u00a0as the mysterious Randall \u2013 all we know about him at this stage is that he has a \u201cmeaningful encounter\u201d with Dexter.<\/p>\n The Morning Show star David Magidoff,\u00a0Spotlight\u2019s Michael Cyril Creighton, Lovecraft Country\u2019s\u00a0Jamie Chung\u00a0and Manchester on the Sea\u2019s\u00a0Oscar Wahlberg will also all play recurring roles.<\/p> Speaking to\u00a0The Daily Beast<\/a> in January 2021 about returning to Dexter and the mixed reaction the show\u2019s original 2013 finale, Hall said: \u201cLet\u2019s be real: people found the way that show left things pretty unsatisfying. And there\u2019s always been a hope that a story would emerge that would be worth telling.<\/p>\n \u201cI include myself in the group of people that wondered, \u2018What the hell happened to that guy?\u2019 so I\u2019m excited to step back into it. I\u2019ve never had that experience of playing a character this many years on.\u201d<\/p>\n The first eight seasons of Dexter are also currently available to watch via Sky and NOW.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Dexter revival might not be bad news, but a chance to redeem a once-beloved series<\/a><\/p>\n Check out what else is on with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a> hub for more news and features.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The limited series revival is confirmed to air later this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3034,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk.jpg",1400,788,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk.jpg",1400,788,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/dexter-new-blood-confirmed-to-air-on-sky-atlantic-in-the-uk.jpg",1400,788,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The limited series revival is confirmed to air later this year.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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