In the last quarter of last year, Showtime’s hot new series Dexter completed their second season run of 12 episodes in time to avoid the complications of the writer’s strike. Now, with the 3rd season on the horizon for a Fall 2008 start, Showtime and Paramount Home Entertainment are gearing up to release Dexter - The Complete 2nd Season on DVD a short time ahead of that.

In an early heads-up to retailers, Paramount has advised them to plan on stocking this on their shelves with a scheduled release date of August 19th. That’s almost exact a year after the release of the first season set, by the way. Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, James Remar and Julie Benz all return, of course. They are joined by Oscar-winner Keith Carradine (Nashville) playing FBI Special Agent Lundy, and by JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist) in a recurring role as the mother of “Rita” (Benz).

No further info is available just yet, nor cover art, and that date (like all scheduled dates) *could* still be subject to change. But stay tuned, and we’ll update you just as soon as the rest becomes available!

Source: TVShowsOnDVD