Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in an episode of “NCIS.”Cliff Lipson / Cliff Lipson/CBS
Longtime fans of the CBS series “NCIS” will be thrilled to hear that popular will-they-or-won’t-they couple Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo will soon be back on their screens. And now, we know the cast who will be joining them.
Paramount+ announced July 15 the full cast of characters who will be starring alongside fan-favorite actors Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly.
The streaming service previously announced May 7 that the show will be appropriately titled “NCIS: Tony & Ziva.”
“It makes it really easy because the fans will know exactly what the show is,” de Pablo joked in a video announcing the news.
The show, which is produced by CBS Studios, has officially started filming in Budapest, Hungary, according to the July 15 release.
Paramount+ announced on Feb. 28 that the company has ordered 10 episodes of a spinoff series starring the two characters. Ziva and Tony — frequently referred to by their portmanteau couple name “Tiva” by fans — will pick up their story where things left off in the longtime original series.
The two did end up together, with a daughter named Tali, and moved to Paris. In the new series, according to the release, that’s where the spinoff show will begin.
Read on to learn more about the show and its cast, including the actor playing the couple’s daughter.
What is ‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’ about?
“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,” according to a previous release.
The show will mark the sixth series in the “NCIS” universe; in addition to the original show, there are “NCIS” series set in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawai’i, and Sydney (though NCIS: Hawai’i was recently canceled.)
In the Feb. 28 Paramount+ statement, Weatherly and de Pablo said they’ve been “talking about this story for many years.”
“The world of Tony and Ziva (and daughter Tali) promises to be an action-packed roller coaster fueled by love, danger, tears and laughter,” the two said in the statement. “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!”
In the video shared on May 7, de Pablo alluded to an action-packed series.
“I expect intrigue, romance, the background of Europe, impossible situations that will make our life very complicated but somehow a little something about love,” she said.
Did Tony and Ziva end up together in ‘NCIS’?
In the original series, which premiered in 2003, Ziva and Tony finally got together in Season 10. The two evidently slept together only for Ziva to decide to stay in Israel as Tony returned to the United States.
Nearly two years later, in the Season 13 finale, Tony is informed that Ziva died in an explosion at her Tel Aviv home and left behind a daughter — their daughter — named Tali. He then leaves “NCIS” to go raise their child.
Eventually, it’s discovered that Ziva faked her own death and went into hiding for her and Tali’s safety.
In Season 17, after the threat to Ziva’s safety has been solved, Tony and Ziva are believed to have reunited (off-screen) in Paris and planned to raise their child together.
In the July 15 release, Paramount+ says “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” “picks up after Ziva’s supposed death when Tony left the NCIS team to go raise their daughter.”
The two have been raising their daughter together.
When will the spinoff premiere?
No premiere date has been announced at this time.
In the video shared on May 7, Weatherly said they plan to film the show “this summer,” and in the July 15 press release, Paramount+ announced the series had started filming in Budapest.
Who is in the ‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’ cast?
On July 15, Paramount+ shared the names of the new series regulars who will join the two stars in a press release.
According to Paramount+, the cast is as follows:
- Isla Gie (“Foundation”) as Tali: Tony and Ziva’s precocious 12-year-old daughter who is sick of being treated like a child. She’s more intuitive and vigilant than the adults around her give her credit for and she’s ready to prove this to them.
- Amita Suman (“Shadow and Bone”) as Claudette: The Chief Technical Officer at Tony’s private security company and the only reason the place runs as smoothly as it does. There’s no problem Claudette can’t solve or code she can’t crack.
- Maximilian Osinski (“Ted Lasso”) as Boris: A Russian ex-pat and a brilliant computer hacker, one of the best and most elusive in the world. Boris lives outside the law and polite society and enjoys the anonymity and freedom that affords.
- Nassima Benchicou (“Emily in Paris”) as Martine: A former French intelligence agent with the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). She is elegant and cunning, playing both sides of any conflict masterfully to protect her own self-interest.
- Julian Ovenden (“Bridgerton”) as Jonah: A former computer programmer for the NSA and now the Secretary General of Interpol. Charming, decisive and confident, Jonah sees the ways in which the world is broken and knows he can fix it.
- Terence Maynard (“Coronation Street”) as Dr. Lang: A deeply experienced therapist, gentle and probing, Dr. Lang treats patients with severe traumas and helps them find comfort and agency.
- Lara Rossi (“The Watch”) as Sophie: A highly skilled professional with a background in the Special Air Service (SAS), Sophie brings a unique blend of maternal warmth and hyper-vigilance to her role as a caretaker for Tali.
- James D’Arcy (“Agent Carter”) as Henry: A high-ranking official at Interpol, Henry has spent his career in law enforcement chasing international criminals. Career-focused with no wife or family of his own, Henry has always been happily married to his job.
