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The Justice Friends from Dexter’s Laboratory Deserve a Revival

I’d like to think that it’s widely accepted that 1990s animation was very good to comic book superheroes. We had a genre-changing Batman: The Animated Series, the deep and socially relevant X-Men: The Animated Series, and two expanded cartoon universes that came out of each one. But there was one superhero cartoon, neither DC or Marvel, that sticks out to me for being a bit underused and well before its time. I want to take a second to talk about the Justice Friends. The original two-season run of Dexter’s Laboratory not only focused on the main misadventures of the boy…
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A New Dexter Finale Needs to Reckon With Dexter Morgan’s Sins

Like it or not, the Bay Harbor Butcher, Dexter Morgan, is returning to Showtime. The network announced that a new 10-episode limited revival of Dexter is coming in 2021. According to returning showrunner Clyde Phillips, who was in charge of the earlier seasons of the Miami-set crime drama before it jumped the bloody shark, the revival aims to deliver a more fitting ending for the series. After fans and critics alike despised the disappointing season 8 finale, which saw Michael C. Hall’s serial killer retiring to the Pacific Northwest to become a lumberjack, Phillips, Hall and Showtime are returning to…
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Dexter Revival Will Have “No Resemblance” to Original Finale

According to returning showrunner Clyde Phillips, Dexter’s new 10-episode limited revival at Showtime will seek a more fitting ending for the series, after fans were left largely disappointed by the Season 8 finale that saw Michael C. Hall’s serial killer retiring to the Pacific Northwest to become a lumberjack. Phillips, who was in charge of the better first half of the Miami-set crime drama, says that the revival won’t exactly “undo” what happened at the end of Season 8, but instead “basically start from scratch.” “We want this to not be Dexter season nine,” Phillips informed THR on its Top…
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Dexter Gets Limited Series Revival at Showtime with Michael C. Hall Returning

A tired, sick, and hungry nation calls out for something…anything to distract from its miserable current state of affairs. Showtime steps up and responds with “Best we can do is another season of Dexter.” Yes, Showtime announced today that it has ordered one more season of its hallmark bloody drama Dexter for another run of episodes. The new Dexter will be a 10-episode limited series that will feature star Michael C. Hall in the title role and bring back showrunner Clyde Phillips, who guided the show through its first four seasons.  Production is set to begin early next year with…
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