Showtime announced that Krysten Ritter and Neil Patrick Harris have joined the cast of Dexter: Resurrection. Production for the “Dexter” sequel series started in January in New York, with the show expected to air this summer on Paramount+ with Showtime. Michael C. Hall returns as Dexter Morgan, the titular role he made famous when starring in the original Dexter, which launched on Showtime in 2006 and ran for eight seasons.

Ritter will guest-star as the character ‘Mia Lapierre,’ a famed sommelier whose alter ego is the “Lady Vengeance” serial killer. Harris will play the character ‘Lowell,’ but no other information was provided.   The series also stars Uma Thurman as Charley, described as ‘a former special ops officer who works security for a mysterious billionaire’.  That billionaire in question, Leon Prater, will be played by Game of Thrones alum Peter Dinklage.

“Resurrection” is one of many offshoots in the “Dexter” universe — a sequel series, “Dexter: New Blood,” aired in 2021 (which also saw Hall reprise the role of Dexter).  In addition, the Dexter prequel series “Dexter: Original Sin” launched last year and became the most streamed global original series for Showtime in 10 years, with its finale’s 2.68M global viewers.

Additional cast members include: David Zayas as Detective Angel Batista, Jack Alcott as Dexter’s son Harrison Morgan, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Blessing Kamara, Kadia Saraf as Detective Claudette Wallace, Dominic Fumusa as Detective Melvin Oliva, Emilia Suárez as Elsa Rivera, and James Remar as Dexter’s father, Harry Morgan.

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