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‘Criminal Minds’ set to come back in Paramount+ reboot, excited fans hail ICONIC show

Joe Mantegna recently tweeted, “Just doing a little inspection today for an upcoming project. #criminalminds”

Fans have shared their excitement after it was announced that a ten-episode reboot of ‘Criminal Minds’ is in the works following an agreement between Paramount+ and ABC Signature and CBS Studios in February 2022. The crime drama series, which ran successfully for years since its premiere in 2005, aired its final episode in early 2020. The revival will bring back the original cast except two.

As per reports, Joe Mantegna, Aisha Tyler, Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness, AJ Cook, and Adam Rodriguez will again be seen in the show. But Matthew Gray Gubler and Daniel Henney are letting go of their roles as Spencer Reid and Matthew Simmons respectively. Gubler has reportedly decided to move on while Henney has some other work commitments. It has been said that filming for the reboot will start on August 21 in Los Angeles.

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Brewster tweeted recently while sharing a news link, "Guys! I think this is finally for real happening! We look younger and confused in this pic but friends, great things come with age.. #criminalminds. IT LIVES!” Mantegna also posted a photo of himself as he said, “Just doing a little inspection today for an upcoming project. #criminalminds.”

As soon as the news went out, the show’s fans lost their calm as a user requested Brewster, “please please please grey hair in the reboot.” She replied, “They said yes ! One small step for everyone who doesn't want to fill in their gray hairs with a sharpie.. Or ruin their floors with Clairol.” When another user said, “Guys Grey haired Emily Prentiss will be ICONIC!” the 53-year-old actress added, “I hate to admit that I HOPE SO !!”

An excited fan wrote, “Yes yes yes yes yes!!! I use to watch it all the time and have now been binging all seasons since I found it on Disney! On season 12 finally ❤️.” Another fan said, “Yes, yes, yes I will be the most happy baby girl in the world my amazing actor. Thank you for this great news. Good luck, good night and so much love from 🇪🇸⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹#LoveCriminalMindsActors and show.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Come back ❤️⭐🌹.” “Joe, I ALWAYS loved you in CSI.  You were believable, a sympathetic character, and a genuine actor,” the third one noted.

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A person tweeted: “Please don't lie to me.... I really want this so much; #CriminalMinds never should have ended. No. Seriously, are you serious? You're serious, right? Oh wow.... This is good shit....” Another shared, “I am devastated that Reid won’t be in the new season 😭😭 he’s been my favourite character from day 1, I’m gonna watch anyway but I don’t think I’ll enjoy it as much without him!” “This makes me so happy ❤️❤️❤️ Criminal Minds  is one of my Favorite Show's 🎬📽🎬  I just love the Entire Cast ❤️❤️❤️ My hope has always been  we could get at least  20 season's or more 🎬📽🎬 Thank you... CRIMINAL MINDS  for being such an Amazing SERIES and Cast ❤️,” a tweet added.

'Criminal Minds' premiered on CBS in 2005 and ran for 16 seasons. The procedural chronicled fictional cases of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and featured elite psychological profilers chasing devious serial killers. The show's initial cast went through multiple changes over the years.

Mandy Patinkin, who initially led the show as Senior Supervisory Special Agent Jason Gideon, pulled out after two seasons. He said later in an interview, "The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do Criminal Minds in the first place. I thought it was something very different. I never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night, every day, week after week, year after year. It was very destructive to my soul and my personality." After Patinkin's exit, Joe Mantegna entered the show as David Rossi, the new head of the BAU.