Mark and Sean Harmon are ready to peel back and reveal everything there is to know about Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
The father-son duo are serving as executive producers of NCIS: Origins , the prequel to the iconic NCIS franchise set to come to the CBS fall lineup later this year. And while speaking to ET’s Kevin Frazier on Thursday at the CBS Schedule Reveal Celebration at the Paramount Studios Lot in Los Angeles, California, the Harmons made it clear that they are laser-focused on how exactly they want to travel down memory lane.
“It’s all going to be a time that we haven’t traveled before. It’s 1990, so it’s something we’re all looking forward to,” said Mark, who portrayed Special Agent Gibbs during his incredible 19-season run on NCIS .”It will be different.”
NCIS: Origins is the brainchild of Sean, who concocted the idea while playing the younger version of Special Agent Gibbs during flashback episodes.
“This is an idea we worked on for a long time and just really happy to finally be at this point in the process,” Sean said. “I like to think he [Mark] made me the man I am today. None of this is possible without this character. NCIS has been a huge part of my life as well … just getting a chance to tell this story that we’re telling here is pretty special.”