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NCIS Tony & Ziva Spinoff Official Title Revealed

NCIS Tony & Ziva Spinoff Official Title Revealed

By Movieguide® Contributor

The NCIS spinoff following characters Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David has officially been named. 

After debating titles such as NCIS: EUROPE and NCIS: TRUST NO ONE, the new series will fittingly be called NCIS: TONY & ZIVA.

The stars of the series, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo, revealed the name on a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, which Weatherly posted to his Instagram. 

“It makes it really easy because the fans will know exactly what the show is. It’s about Tony and Ziva in Europe,” de Pablo said.

“I expect intrigue, romance, the background of Europe. Impossible situations that will make our life very complicated. But somehow, a little something about love,” she added.

Weatherly ended with a joke.

“You know what Tony is spelled backwards?” he asked. “Y not,” de Pablo responded.

Fans commented with excitement for the new show.

“After so many years of waiting, I still cannot comprehend this is actually happening, we are finally getting Tiva back on our screens again…. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS DREAM COME TRUE,” one user commented.

“The only show that could get me to sign up for Paramount Plus. Yea, Ziva and Tony back together on screen again? Aright Paramount Plus, you can now have my money cause this is going to be great!!!!” another person said. 

Deadline reported, “Filming on the series — the second extension of the NCIS franchise beyond the U.S. after NCIS: SYDNEY — is slated to begin this summer in Budapest. John McNamara is the writer/showrunner.” 

Deadline gave a rundown on Tony and Ziva’s story up until now:

On the mothership NCIS series, after Ziva’s (de Pablo) supposed death, Tony (Weatherly) left the NCIS team to go raise their daughter. Years later, Ziva was discovered alive, leading her to complete one final mission with NCIS before she was reunited with Tony and their daughter in Paris. Since then – and where we find them in the new Paramount+ original series – Tony and Ziva have been raising their daughter, Tali, together. When Tony’s security company is attacked, they must go on the run across Europe, trying to figure out who is after them and maybe even learn to trust each other again so that they can finally have their unconventional happily ever after.

“We’ve been talking about this story for many years, and now, with John McNamara at the helm, we are ready,” Weatherly and de Pablo said in a joint statement when the spinoff was first announced. “The world of Tony and Ziva (and daughter Tali) promises to be an action-packed roller coaster fueled by love, danger, tears and laughter.”

Movieguide® previously reported on the spinoff:

Paramount+ has given NCIS fans much to be excited about as the platform recently ordered a new NCIS spinoff starring Michael Weatherly – Tony DiNozzo – and Cote de Pablo – Ziva David…

“We also wanted to acknowledge and thank the fans from around the world who supported the ‘TIVA’ movement for years,” the statement continued. “To this day, they say hello in grocery stores and on the street to tell us how much these characters mean to them and ask what Tony and Ziva are up to now.”

De Pablo left the original show after Season 11, followed by DiNozzo in Season 13. They are some of NCIS’s most beloved characters and are often asked when they will return. In recent months, Weatherly has been teasing that he wants to reprise the role of Tony DiNozzo soon, and fans now know why.


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