Everything We Know About The Criminal Minds Reboot
The Criminal Minds reboot is officially moving forward on Paramount+ and there are several details about the project that have been released so far. CBS' long-running police procedural debuted in 2005 and ran for 15 seasons before capping things off in 2020. It remained popular until its end, so it makes sense that Paramount+ is looking to continue the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit's (BAU) story in Criminal Minds season 16, this time via a streaming platform.
In 2021, the Criminal Minds reboot was announced as part of Paramount+'s bigger slate for original content. At that point, not many details were revealed, but there was excitement over the BAU's impending return to the small screen. Unfortunately, getting the project off the ground wasn't easy. At one point, it was even deemed dead, although it's unclear what led to this. More than a year since then, the Criminal Minds season 16 is finally moving forward with a 10-episode season order.
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Leading to the official news that the revival has officially been greenlit, some of the show's stars offered promising updates regarding the project. Paget Brewster confirmed that Criminal Minds season 16 is still in active development. Not long after that, Joe Mantegna shared an image of the set for the series being rebuilt. Here is everything known about the Criminal Minds reboot thus far.
No release date has been announced for the project. Even when it was initially announced back in early 2021, Paramount+ never gave any target schedule for its rollout. Based on Mantegna’s Criminal Minds reboot set image, however, it's possible that filming may commence sometime in the near future. The photo shows the BAU office
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