Michael C. Hall discusses where we pick up in season five, Dexter’s life without Rita, and his relationship with Astor and Cody.

Another promo video for the upcoming season of Dexter has been released.

The official trailer for season 5 of Dexter has been released and it looks amazing!

Comic-Con fans were treated to an early glimpse of Dexter’s heartbreaking Sept. 26 season premiere, which features the return of Julie Benz as the lifeless body of Dexter Morgan’s murdered wife, Rita. “It’s heavy,” Hall told TV Guide Magazine. “In the first episode, I think Dexter is in a state of suspended shock when he encounters his wife’s corpse. But after six years of playing a funeral director on Six Feet Under, it was fun for me to be on the other side of an intake meeting with a director who wasn’t played by me.”

Hall says he was respectful of Benz, who agreed to not only get back into the tub of blood for murder investigation scenes, but also climbed into a coffin for Rita’s funeral. “It’s a pretty creepy thing to get into a casket, especially when you’re having to act dead,” said Hall, recalling the episode’s director instructing Benz to “hold your breath” and not flicker her eyes. “Julie and I laughed about the absurdity of the situation, but we didn’t joke around about it too much. I wanted her to be able to get out of there as soon as she could.”

The premiere preview also offered teases of Dexter breaking the tragic news to Rita’s horrified children, Astor and Cody. “It’s pretty unbelievable what he and his kids have been saddled with,” said Hall. “At the end of the fourth season, the kids were off to Disneyland with the parent’s of Rita’s first husband, Paul, so they will be in the picture when the news comes of what’s happened.” Expect Astor to turn on her stepfather, whom she (rightly) blames for her mother’s slaughter.

One thing Hall says not to expect anytime soon: Dexter reentering the dating scene. “I don’t think Dexter’s looking for a new relationship or even to hook up,” Hall says. “His appetite is to behave compulsively in different ways.”

Source: TV Guide

Shawn Hatosy is making a pit stop in Miami before returning to Southland: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Hatosy has booked a multi-episode arc on Dexter. A Showtime rep declined to divulge details on his character, but a recent Dexter casting call may offer a clue: The drama was seeking a thirtysomething actor to play the recurring role of a no-nonsense FBI agent.

After completing his Dexter arc, Hatosy will head immediately into production on Southland’s 10-episode third season.

This marks the second major piece of casting for Dexter’s upcoming fifth season. As I reported last month, »

Source: Michael Ausiello

Julie Benz will return for the Season 5 premiere of Dexter, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Is Dexter over Rita’s death? Not even close

Benz played Rita Bennett, the wife of serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), until the Season 4 finale, when she was murdered by the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow).

So how and/or why will she be back? “Bringing her back in a flashback or visionary way sort of steps on our use of Harry [James Remar],” says executive producer Sara Colleton, in a reference to Dexter’s dead father, who appears to his son periodically. “We want to be very, very specific about that and not get gimmicky, because it would become too much of a device.”

Showtime’s statement on Benz’s return hardly clarifies matters. “As Dexter grapples with the reality of the death of his wife and the realization that he is now a single father, the presence of Rita Bennett will help him deal with his newfound feelings of loss and grief — emotions that Dexter Morgan has never really felt before,” it reads.