Michael C. Hall Hopes Dexter Reboot Will Fix ‘Unsatisfying’ Finale

Fans of the legendary TV show Dexter went wild when news surfaced late last year that a reboot was in the works.

Some found the final few episodes of the programme offering more questions than answers and will certainly be cheering the news that the show is getting a revival.

Michael C. Hall, who played the iconic blood spatter analyst by day, serial killer by night, hopes the reboot will give fans the closure they've been demanding since the show ended in 2013.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, Hall said: "Let's be real: people found the way that show left things pretty unsatisfying, and there's always been a hope that a story would emerge that would be worth telling.

"I include myself in the group of people that wondered, 'What the hell happened to that guy?' So I'm excited to step back into it. I've never had that experience of playing a character this many years on."

The last we saw of Hall's character was in season eight where he faked his own death and was living under a new name in Oregon.

He wrecked his beloved boat and had escaped hospital with his sister's body, who had been shot and placed into a coma. Dexter had also told his son and girlfriend to move to Argentina. It was wild.

Showtime says the reboot will be a 10-part limited series and is expected to go into production sometime this year.

Producer Clyde Phillips is also coming back for the new series and no details have been announced about what Dexter will be up to.

Showtime's Co-President of Entertainment Gary Levine said the show, which originally ran from 2006 to 2013, would never be revisited unless there was a brilliant idea to take it forward.

"We would only revisit this unique character if we could find a creative take that was truly worthy of the brilliant, original series," he said in a statement.

"Well, I am happy to report that Clyde Phillips and Michael C Hall have found it."

No doubt there will be a lot of pressure to wrap up the series in a way the fans will appreciate, especially considering it's been so long since the programme aired.

We'll have to wait and see if there are any more tidbits of information that get leaked in due course.

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Stewart Perrie

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