Last Monday we learned of a report that claims that there will be at least 3 new characters introduced in the upcoming 6th season of the hit Showtime series Dexter … and today, courtesy of TVLine, we are learn who will play one of the new characters. It is being reported today that Colin Hanks has been cast in the upcoming season of Dexter … and it is believed he will play the season’s villain. Read on for all the known deets about Hanks‘s casting.

Colin Hanks has landed a role most actors would kill for. Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that [Hanks] is joining the cast of Dexter for a major Season 6 arc. Like with most of the Showtime’s drama’s past guest stars (e.g. John Lithgow, Jimmy Smits), the specifics of Hanks’ role are being kept under insanely tight wraps. (His character description is not believed to be among the trio of new recurring roles producers released breakdowns for earlier this month.) If Hanks turns out to be an adversary of Dex’s, it’s unlikely he’ll fit the mold of past baddies such as Trinity and the Ice Truck Killer, given what Showtime president David Nevins recently told TVLine about the show’s coming season. “It is not [about] one big bad,” he told us. “There’s one interesting story that will move through the season, and it will be cast very interestingly, but it’s not exactly that one person.”

Ohhh … I like this. Colin Hanks has that really creepy, guy next door look. He looks like he could be a trusted neighbor … or a psycho killer. He deffo has the look down … I am very intrigued by his casting. I’m also intrigued by the notion that there won’t be on singular bad guy. Mebbe Dexter will take on a few different, much younger serial killers? We’ll have to keep our ears to the ground to find out more about Hanks‘s new character on Dexter. I approve tho, this sounds like great news to me … what do YOU think?

UPDATE: Showtime has issued a press release confirming Colin Hanks‘s casting:

Actor Colin Hanks has joined the cast of SHOWTIME’s Emmy® nominated drama series DEXTER™ for Season 6. Hanks, who will appear in all twelve episodes, will play Travis, a highly intelligent young expert on ancient artifacts who gets linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami. Production on begins in June in Los Angeles and will premiere on SHOWTIME this fall.

Interesting wording … you will note that this press release describes Hanks‘s character in such a way that does NOT rule him out as a villain. He’s an expert … but he could have a dark secret. HMMM.

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