Although Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly departed NCIS as series regular long ago, that didn’t mark their last appearances on the popular CBS show. The former made a surprise appearance in the Season 16 finale and then recurred during Season 17, and the latter cameoed earlier this year in Season 21’s tribute episode to the late David McCallum . However, now the time has finally come to reunite these Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David onscreen, with an NCIS spinoff centered on these two heading to Paramount+ subscription holders in the near future.
Naturally though, such a series will also have fresh faces along for the ride, and now we have the first details about some of the new characters who will appear in NCIS: Tony & Ziva . According to TVLine , this entry in the NCIS franchise, which also has the prequel NCIS: Origins on the way, will include the following characters: a “British nanny/bodyguard role,” a “Russian hacker extraordinaire” and a “French Interpol liaison. We also learned from Michael Weatherly this past weekend that Tony and Ziva’s daughter Tali will play an important role in the spinoff , and the outlet mentioned that the preteen girl will “ideally be played by a French-American ingenue.
” Considering that NCIS: Tony & Ziva will begin shooting in Budapest later this summer, it probably won’t be too long until we learn who’s selected to play these characters. The spinoff will follow Tony and Ziva going on the run across Europe after Tony�.