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How Gibbs’ Estranged Father Fits Into NCIS Prequel Series Without Breaking Canon Teased By Creators
NCIS: Origins co-showrunner David J North confirms Jackson Gibbs’ appearance in NCIS: Origins won’t break canon. It’s a new era for CBS’ hit procedural franchise as it launches its first prequel series. Austin Stowell will take over the role of young Gibbs while Mark Harmon narrates the show’s events and makes a one-time cameo in…
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Mark Harmon’s Return As Gibbs Means This Other NCIS Character Also Needs To Appear
The recent announcement that Mark Harmon would be returning as Gibbs in NCIS: Origins means that another NCIS character needs to reappear as well. After Mark Harmon left NCIS in season 19, there were worries that he would never appear as Gibbs again. Harmon played Leroy Jethro Gibbs for over 18 years and his character’s…
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NCIS: Origins Premiere Images Reveal Gibbs’ First Team Of Agents
Gibbs’ first team is fully revealed in new NCIS: Origins images. The upcoming prequel show will explore Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ (now played by Austin Stowell) early days with NCIS (currently only known as “NIS”) in the aftermath of losing his family. Original actor Mark Harmon will return to narrate, marking his return to the franchise…
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NCIS: Origins’ New Gibbs Has An Even Greater Chance To Be Better Than Mark Harmon’s Version
The Leroy Jethro Gibbs of NCIS: Origins may be better than the original, thanks to one detail about the upcoming prequel spinoff. In 2024, the NCIS franchise announced that it would launch a prequel series to explore the backstory of central NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The series will flash back to 1991, when Gibbs…
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How NCIS: Origins’ Young Gibbs Will Be Different From Mark Harmon’s Explained By Prequel Star: “There’s Lots Of Firsts”
NCIS: Origins star Austin Stowell has explained what makes his version of the iconic character Leroy Jethro Gibbs different. In the upcoming NCIS: Origins, which is a spinoff prequel show set in 1991, Stowell will play a younger version of the character, who was famously portrayed by Mark Harmon on the first 19 seasons of…
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Young Agent Gibbs Gets To Work In New ‘NCIS: Origins’ Set Images
It’s only weeks now before the NCIS universe welcomes a new unique show to its ever-expanding franchise, with NCIS: Origins set to take us back to the time when a young Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was learning the ropes as an officer at the Naval Investigative Service (NIS). The recent weeks have seen CBS repeatedly…
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NCIS: Origins Images Reveal Best Look Yet At The Younger Gibbs And Mike Franks
A new look has been revealed for the upcoming television series NCIS: Origins. Serving as a prequel to NCIS, the show will follow younger versions of Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Muse Watson’s Mike Franks. In the prequel series, Austin Stowell will play Gibbs while Kyle Schmid co-stars as Franks. Each of the characters…
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Mark Harmon Reveals How He *Really* Feels About NCIS Recasting Gibbs With Another Actor
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Soaps.com may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Playing a character for almost two decades, there’s a certain attachment to that character. So, it makes sense that Mark Harmon…
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NCIS: Origins Won’t Survive Without 1 Actor’s On-Screen Appearance
Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ prequel series, NCIS: Origins, has its cast already locked in but is still missing one more character who could spell the show’s success. For years, CBS has been finding ways to further take advantage of the police procedural’s popularity by launching shows that focus on satellite offices of the agency. That said,…
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How 1 NCIS Spinoff Has Created A Major Challenge For Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ NCIS: Origins Show
One spinoff has created a major challenge for the Leroy Jethro Gibbs spinoff show, NCIS: Origins. The expansion series will further explore elements of Gibbs’ backstory introduced in the main series, following Gibbs in the 1990s when he is freshly assigned to Camp Pendleton. The NCIS: Origins story will see him learn from the legendary…