NCIS: ORIGINS Casts Young Leroy Gibbs
By Movieguide® Contributor
NCIS: ORIGINS has revealed who will play the young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the NCIS spinoff.
Austin Stowell will star in the upcoming prequel. He is known for his role in Peacock’s A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, PUBLIC MORALS and the upcoming show THREE WOMEN.
Stowell also appeared in the movies WHIPLASH, BATTLE OF THE SEXES, DOLPHIN TALE and DOLPHIN TALE 2, and Hulu’s series CATCH 22.
“Narrated by Harmon, the new series begins in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, and chronicles Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ younger years,” Deadline shared. “In the series, Gibbs (Stowell) starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NIS Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.”
Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North will write the first episode and will also make appearances on the show.
ORIGINS is not the only NCIS series in development. CBS Studios just announced a second NCIS spinoff, which Deadline describes as a “Europe-set Tony & Ziva spinoff starring Michael Weatherly and Cote De Pablo for Paramount+.”
In a previous interview with Deadline, CBS head of programming Amy Reisenbach shared her excitement about the NCIS franchise and expansion.
“I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon. It’s a fantastic cast with a fantastic writing staff that’s been there a really long time,” she said. “They’re just as reenergized today as they were as when I started on the show in Season 8 [as current executive]. So, as long as they want to keep it going, we’re thrilled to be on the NCIS train. Gary [Cole] and Wilmer [Valderrama] and Sean [Murray] and Katrina [Law], all of them, they love doing the show. So we hope to continue on for quite a while.”
NCIS: ORIGINS will premier for the 2024-2025 CBS lineup.
Movieguide® reported on the spinoff:
The NCIS saga will continue in the spinoff series NCIS: ORIGINS, which explores the backstory of Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Along with Gibbs, the series will dive into Mike Franks’ and Special Agent Vera Strickland’s stories…
Screen Rant notes, “While certain characters could pop up as younger versions of themselves, ORIGINSwill likely feature all-new actors to the franchise who step into roles unknown to fans.”
Harmon’s son Sean will serve as an executive producer for the show.
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