Once upon a time, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the character played by Mark Harmon, didn’t have so many gray hairs. In 1991, when he was 37 years old, he joined the United States Navy’s criminal investigation unit led by Mike Franks. There he learned and cut his teeth in the trade. Now this story will be told on television after Sean Harmon, with the help of his father, has developed this prequel project that in the United States can be seen on CBS, the channel that broadcasts the original NCIS series, also known as Navy: Investigation criminal.
Mark Harmon may have wanted to emancipate himself from this fictional universe created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill. He filmed the pilot of the series in 2003, as two special episodes of JAG: Red Alert that would lead to a spin-off, and he said goodbye in October 2021, at the beginning of season 19. He did so as one of the highest-paid actors on American television with a salary of around half a million dollars per episode (and let’s keep in mind that royalties are missing and that he filmed more than twenty installments per season). But, at the request of his son, he has become involved in the prequel.
As Deadline reports, Sean Harmon proposed the idea to his father. He, who is an actor as well as a stuntman and coordinator of action scenes, had also been Gibbs: between 2008 and 2020 he appeared in seven episodes of NCIS through flashbacks, taking advantage of the fact that he has the same blue eyes. But, against all odds, he has not developed the project to show off himself, rather Harmon and CBS Studios are searching for the Gibbs of the 90s for this series titled NCIS: Origins.
“The character of Gibbs has been a big part of my life for 20 years, both watching my father shape the character and having the honor of playing young Gibbs myself,” explained Sean Harmon, who felt there was a story to tell. about the character’s past. Father and son will be executive producers while they have Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North as showrunners, who have experience in the franchise: Monreal has worked as a screenwriter on NCIS since 2011 and North since 2005.
And what can you expect besides learning about Gibbs’ past? The rejuvenated appearance of characters that viewers love so much, apart from meeting new characters that in the future (that is, in the original NCIS) no longer appear. One of the key signings, in addition to the casting of Gibbs, will be finding the actor for the character of Mike Franks, which Muse Watson played in 20 episodes of NCIS.
The first season of NCIS: Origins is scheduled to be introduced on the CBS channel’s schedule for the 2024-2025 season, so in October we could see the first steps of the thirty-year-old Gibbs in the first NCIS considered period.
It will arrive in time to replace the prequel they currently have on air: Young Sheldon, which, despite being the channel’s most successful comedy after emerging from The Big Bang Theory, is saying goodbye this year due to the high production costs associated with it. his seniority.
On CBS, in addition, right now there are still three series associated with the NCIS brand: the original NCIS, which premieres the twenty-first season in February, NCIS: Hawaii, which has the third season pending to premiere, and NCIS: Sydney, which due to The lack of content caused by the strike has been imported from Australia with good audience results.
