Sarah Michelle Gellar to play Dexter's boss in 'Dexter' prequel

Sarah Michelle Gellar, '90s icon and beloved shriek queen, has joined "Dexter: Original Sin." She'll beryllium playing the CSI main of the Miami Metro Police Department. 

Gellar is the latest prima to articulation the formed of the caller series, which volition beryllium led by Patrick Gibson, portraying the relation of Dexter Morgan. "Dexter: Original Sin" is simply a prequel to "Dexter," the palmy Showtime bid pursuing a humor spatter expert moving for the Miami Police Department who moonlights arsenic a serial killer. The bid ran for 8 seasons and earned aggregate awards, including acting accolades for its pb histrion Michael C. Hall. The franchise has proved to beryllium greatly successful; successful 2020, a constricted bid was released titled "Dexter: New Blood." 

Gellar volition play the guest-starring relation of Tanya Martin. She joins a formed made up of Gibson, Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Molly Brown, James Martinez, Christina Milian, Alex Shimizu, and Reno Wilson. 

Gellar is simply a immense popular civilization icon, known for her show successful "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," and films similar "Scooby Doo," "Cruel Intentions," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," and more. “Sarah Michelle Gellar is simply a popular civilization icon who perfectly rounds retired our best-in-class formed featuring Christian Slater and Patrick Dempsey among others,” said Nina Diaz, president of contented and main originative serviceman of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Network.

More details astir 'Dexter: Original Sin'

"Dexter: Original Sin" volition absorption connected a young Dexter, who's concluding schoolhouse and opening his internship astatine the Forensics squad astatine the Miami Police Department. He's besides getting his commencement arsenic a serial killer, with the guidance of his father, played by Christian Slater, who helps him make a codification that protects him from instrumentality enforcement and ensures that helium lone kills the radical who merit it.  

The bid is expected to premiere successful February 2025.