NCIS fans left feeling vindicated as two characters return in spin-off series

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NCIS fans are celebrating the information that two fan favorite characters will reuinite in a model new spin-off series.

Days after the crime procedural series paid tribute to veteran forged member David McCallum, it has been introduced that two fan favourites will return in a 10-episode occasion present set to air on Paramount+.

Eight years after final showing on-screen collectively, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo will entrance their very own mission as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, respectively. The information follows Weatherly’s particular visitor look in McCallum’s tribute episode.

As of writing, the series doesn’t have an official title, however is being made beneath the working title NCIS: Europe. Production will begin later this yr.

The present will reintroduce viewers to Tony and Ziva who, after final seeing them in Paris, discover themselves embroiled in a harmful plot that causes them to go on the run with their daughter.

NCIS fans have been joyously responding to the announcement, with many long-time fans of the couple, nicknamed “Tiva”, feeling vindicated by the information.

“CBS has a lot of faith that the NCIS franchise still has plenty to offer. Looking forward to this one,” one fan wrote, with one other including: “It’s finally happening, I can’t believe it.”

Others stated the spin-off information has lured previous viewers again in: “Me? Watching NCIS again in the year 2024? 12 year old me is dying at this news.”

“How is this real? Are we in 2012 again?” one other added.

Speaking in regards to the new present, Weatherly and de Pablo, who left the present in 2016, stated: “We’ve been talking about this story for many years, and now with John McNamara at the helm, we are ready.

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“The world of Tony and Ziva (and daughter Tali) promises to be an action-packed roller coaster fueled by love, danger, tears and laughter. We also want to acknowledge and thank the fans from around the world who supported the ‘Tiva’ movement for years.

“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. This is for you!”

McNamara, whose earlier credit embody The Magicians, added: “I’m incredibly excited to step into the NCIS universe with Cote and Michael and thrilled to explore it from a few new angles,

“Given that the franchise is such a global sensation, I think it’s phenomenal that CBS Studios and Paramount+ have given us the greenlight to shoot in Europe. As to the title of this series, if I told you what it is, I’d be violating the Espionage Act.”

NCIS: Europe shouldn’t be the one new spin-off to be commissioned; there may also be a prequel series targeted on a younger model of Gibbs (Mark Harmon).