It's a busy time for the Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, with the announcement of Michael C. Hall's return in Dexter: Resurrection, and production well underway for the prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin, both of which he is part of. Paramount's merger with Showtime has led to an interest in expanding the Dexter universe, and this appears to have prompted the biggest ever retcon in the series' history, with the revelation that Dexter survived the events of Dexter: New Blood, despite Clyde Phillips previously confirming his death.