‘NCIS: Sydney’ Taps Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance to Lead

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Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance will lead the main cast for “NCIS: Sydney,” Paramount+ and Network 10 announced Monday.Swann and Lasance will star opposite each other as NCIS special agent Michelle Mackey and Sgt.

Jim “JD” Dempsey, respectively. The spinoff marks the franchise’s first international series. The series’ cast is rounded out by Sean Sagar (“The Covenant,” “Mea Culpa”) as NCIS special agent, DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle (“Mystery Road: Origin, Bad Behaviour”) as AFP liaison officer constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (“Shantaram, Halifax: Retribution”) as AFP forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes (“The Newsreader, Total Control”) as AFP forensic pathologist Dr.

Roy Penrose.“We are thrilled to be expanding the ‘NCIS’ franchise, one of our most powerful and iconic television IPs, across borders and into Australia,” CBS Studios’ head of international coproductions and development Lindsey Martin said in a statement. “It is a joy to work with this talented ‘NCIS: Sydney’ creative team, actors, and crew for our inaugural international original, and to be able to tell our exciting ‘NCIS’ stories with a uniquely Australian sensibility.”“NCIS: Sydney,” which will launch on Paramount+ and Network 10, will center on the multi-national taskforce composed of U.S.

NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) after the groups are combined to keep naval crimes in check, in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet, per the official logline.Hailing from CBS Studios and Paramount Australia by Endemol Shine Australia, the series will be distributed outside Australia by Paramount Global Content Distribution. “Wow.