NCIS Origins spin-off gets major update as Hollywood star cast as young Leroy Gibbs – details

NCIS: Origins has discovered its young Leroy Gibbs. The upcoming prequel spin-off, which can observe Mark Harmon’s signature character in his youthful years, has cast Hollywood actor Austin Stowell within the lead function. 

Austin, 39 has appeared in a variety of flicks and TV exhibits, together with Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, The Hating Game, and Whip Lash, as effectively as The White Lotus and Catch-22.

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Austin’s new function marks the second time he is appeared within the NCIS universe, with the actor having performed the function of PFC James Winston in a 2010 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles, which has since been canceled. 

NCIS: Origins, which can air on CBS throughout the 2024-2025 season, is about in 1991 and can observe Gibbs earlier than his time in NCIS. 

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Narrated by Mark, the drama chronicles Gibbs’ early profession as a newly minted particular agent on the fledgling NIS Camp Pendleton workplace, the place he forges his place on a “gritty, ragtag team” led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.

It’s additionally been reported {that a} youthful model of Special Agent Vera Strickland, Frank’s companion, will function within the sequence. 

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The idea for the present got here from Mark and his son Sean Harmon, who performed a youthful model of Gibbs for seven episodes between 2008 and 2020.

The father-son duo will govt produce the sequence alongside David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal, who’re co-writing the premiere episode and likewise serving as co-showrunners.

Sean, 35, mentioned in a press release: “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.

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“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 [NCIS writers-producers Gina Lucita Monreal, David J. North] and my dad as we tell this story and reveal a new side of this beloved character.”

NCIS: Origins is certainly one of two upcoming spin-off sequence, together with the Europe-set present starring Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David.

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Nicknamed NCIS: Europe, the drama will discover the couple residing in Paris, the place they’ve spent the previous couple of years elevating their daughter Tali. But after Tony’s safety firm is attacked, the pair go on the run as they try to find who’s after them. 

The two new sequence be a part of the flagship drama, which is at present in its twenty first season, as effectively as NCIS: Hawai’i and NCIS: Sydney.