‘NCIS’ Young Gibbs Prequel Ordered at CBS – The Hollywood Reporter

CBS, which is biding farewell to Young Sheldon this period, will certainly greet to young Leroy Jethro following period.

The network is broadening the NCIS franchise business with a prequel labelled NCIS: Beginnings, which has a straight-to-series order for the 2024-25 period. The 1990s-set dramatization will certainly adhere to a more youthful Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Mark Harmon’s long time personality in the initial collection. Harmon is an exec manufacturer on the prequel and will certainly additionally tell the collection.

NCIS: Beginnings will certainly open up in 1991 and will certainly adhere to the young Gibbs as a freshly set up representative at the Camp Pendleton NCIS workplace, which is led by the fabulous Mike Franks– a repeating personality in the initial collection (played by Muse Watson). (The NCIS front runner premiered in 2003, when Harmon was 51; CBS’ summary of Beginnings reviews as though the personality might be more youthful than 40ish in the prequel.).

“We are elated and honored to continue the expansion of the NCIS universe in such a unique and unexpected way,” stated CBS Enjoyment head of state Amy Reisenbach.“Viewers can look forward to Mark Harmon returning to CBS to narrate the complex and mysterious backstory of Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ early years in NCIS: Origins, which will build on the rich legacy of this character while reintroducing fan-favorite characters and meeting new ones.”

David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal, both professionals of the NCIS franchise business, will certainly act as co-showrunners on Beginnings. They executive fruit and vegetables with Harmon and his boy, Sean Harmon– that himself has actually played a more youthful variation of Gibbs on numerous episodes of NCIS. Like the various other programs in the franchise business, Origins originates from CBS Studios.

“There’s no denying the cultural and global phenomenon of the NCIS franchise for the last 20 years,” CBS Studios head of state David Stapf stated.“When Sean and Mark approached us all with this exciting expansion of the universe — exploring a young Gibbs — we knew it was the next story that needed to be told. We also couldn’t be luckier to have Gina and David at the helm as co-showrunners who are not only brilliant and adept writers, but know this character and universe so well.”

Said Sean Harmon,“The character of Gibbs has been an important part of my life for 20 years, both in watching my father craft the role and previously having the honor to play young Gibbs myself. I always felt there was a tale worth telling about his earlier years, so I am thrilled to be stepping into a producing role alongside Gina, David and my dad as we tell this story and reveal a new side of this beloved character.”

Beginnings will certainly sign up with the initial NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i onCBS The franchise business’s initial worldwide version, NCIS: Sydney, premiered in late 2023 in its home nation of Australia and has actually broadcast on CBS also. The 4 residential programs under the NCIS banner (additionally consisting of the now-ended Los Angeles and New Orleans offshoots) have actually generated almost 1,000 episodes integrated given that introducing as an offshoot of buzz in 2003.