Paramount+ has given a series order to a new spinoff in the popular NCIS franchise. The latest entry in the NCIS franchise doesn’t have a title, but it does have Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo attached to star.
Weatherly will reprise his role as Tony DiNozzo and de Pablo will slip back into her Ziva David character for the 10-episode season. The fan-favorite NCIS characters will reunite for the first time in 10 years.
“We’ve been talking about this story for many years, and now with John McNamara at the helm, we are ready,” said Weatherly and de Pablo. “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!”
John McNamara is on board as showrunner, executive producer, and wrote the first episode. Weatherly, de Pablo, Laurie Lieser, Christina Strain and Shelley Meals are also executive producing.
“I’m incredibly excited to step into the NCIS universe with Cote and Michael and thrilled to explore it from a few new angles,” said showrunner and executive producer John McNamara. “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.”
Filming’s expected to get underway later this year.
Paramount+ released this synopsis of the untitled spinoff:
“After Ziva’s supposed death, Tony 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, try 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.”
