Dexter: Resurrection’s call sheet continues to pack on starpower with today’s reveal that Game of Thrones star, Peter Dinklage, has signed on to join the Michael C. Hall-led series. This is another major win for the production, which picked up cameras and began rolling just last month, with the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner said to be appearing as the show’s big bad. Hall’s titular killer may have his hands full with Dinklage’s Leon Prater, as the businessman and venture capitalist billionaire sounds to be pretty cutthroat, despite the kind-eyed, giving entrepreneur face that he shows the world.
Dinklage is the latest Hollywood favorite to join the cast alongside Hall, as Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction star, Uma Thurman, was previously revealed to have signed her contract as well. While an overall plot has yet to fully take shape, the puzzle pieces are coming together. We know that Thurman will appear as Charley, the Head of Security for Dinklage’s Prater. The character is described as being highly-skilled as a Special Ops officer, something that could give Dexter a run for his money if he sets his sights on Prater. In addition to the two newbies, Dexter: Resurrection will also feature three incredibly familiar faces, as David Zayas, James Remar and Jack Alcott will all return to the fold to reprise their roles of Detective Angel Batista, Harry Morgan, and Harrison Morgan, respectively.
Fully rising to prominence thanks to his role on HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones, Dinklage’s career has only continued to flourish over the last more than decade. The actor was most recently heard in Jon M. Chu’s movie-musical, Wicked, as the goat professor, Doctor Dillamond, a role that he’ll reprise next year in the sequel, Wicked: For Good. Along with his return to television, 2025 will also see Dinklage star alongside Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman. Beyond this year, Dinklage is part of the star-studded ensemble cast for Bernard Rose’s Lear Rex, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, that also features the likes of Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Ariana DeBose and more.
What We Know About ‘Dexter: Resurrection’
Beyond the characters that Thurman and Dinklage will play, we know that Dexter: Resurrection will take place in present day, unlike the franchise’s other recently released prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin. The new series hopes to undo the mess that the previous follow-up, Dexter: New Blood, got itself into back in 2021. With the success of Original Sin, it looks like the creative team are well on their way to extending the beloved serial killer-centered universe.
Stay tuned to Collider for more information about Dexter: Resurrection.
Dexter
Release Date
2006 - 2012
Network
Showtime, CBS
Writers
Jeff Lindsay, Scott Buck, Scott Reynolds, Tim Schlattmann, Karen Campbell, Melissa Rosenberg, Kevin Maynard, Wendy West, Manny Coto, Daniel Cerone, Jace Richdale, Drew Z. Greenberg, Chip Johannessen, Adam Fierro, Jim Leonard
Image via HBO
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