Following an Instagram post by director Marcos Siega, many people mistakenly assumed the upcoming season would also take place on a different continent.
The second season of Dexter: Resurrection is currently deep into production, and recently director and executive producer Marcos Siega jumped on Instagram with what looked like a simple behind-the-scenes update. It was meant as a joke, but actually ended up causing confusion among fans who took it way more seriously than expected.
During the seventh week of production, which has been unusually quiet in terms of set updates, Siega posted a reel captioned “Dexter: Resurrection production update.” The post included two behind-the-scenes selfies from somewhere in New York City. In the first one, he appears alongside writer Scott Reynolds and a couple of crew members, with a playful caption suggesting “location scouting in Istanbul.”
The second image shows Siega wearing a wig, with another joke caption saying the location scouting “was a bust” but that he picked up a cool new... jacket instead.
Even though it was definitely meant as humor, which is exactly why we ignored it here at Dexter Daily, a large part of the fanbase, and even some outlets, started to believe that the production of Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 might actually be heading to Istanbul for filming.
That surprisingly led many people to think Dexter Morgan might travel to another continent in the new season.
What followed was an unexpected amount of confusion, with fans reacting as if real location scouting was happening there! The post spread fast, and the joke basically turned into a rumor before it could be properly understood.
Marcos Siega later seemed genuinely surprised by how far things went. Around 24 hours after the original post, and after dozens of messages from people asking him to appear as an extra, he updated the caption to clear things up and wrote:
“UPDATE ON THIS LAST UPDATE! Many of you didn’t get the very obvious joke. For those of you asking for work in Istanbul or who think we are filming in Istanbul. Unfortunately, we are not. Please read the post carefully. For those of you who understood the joke…we can be friends.”
At this point, it’s obvious that the Istanbul idea was never real. Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 continues to film in New York City and surrounding areas, with no indication that production is moving overseas. It would also be highly unlikely for the series to suddenly change major filming locations to a place roughly 5,000 miles away at this stage.
If Dexter Morgan ever does appear outside the United States again, it is far more possible to be done the same way the OG series has handled international settings before, through visual effects and studio work (green screen) rather than actual on-location shoots.
If you paid enough attention, that approach was already used in the original series for moments set in places like Paris and Buenos Aires, where scenes were created using controlled production techniques instead of filming abroad.
So despite the buzz, there is no Istanbul storyline or surprise overseas shoot planned. For now, Dexter: Resurrection remains based in New York, and this latest rumor is actually nothing but a case of a joke getting a little too far out of hand.