Starz Drops Power: Origins Teaser With Young Ghost & Tommy
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- Starz unveiled a teaser and new photos for "Power: Origins" Season 1 starring Spence Moore as Ghost, Charlie Mann as Tommy, and MeKai Curtis reprising Kanan Stark from "Power Book III: Raising Kanan."
- The original Ghost and Tommy were played by Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora in "Power," the Courtney A. Kemp-created series that launched the broader franchise universe.
- "Power: Origins" is the fourth spinoff in the Power Universe, preceded by Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and Power Book IV: Force.
- A fifth spinoff, "Power: Legacy," set in the present timeline after Power Book IV: Force, was recently greenlit at Starz, signaling continued expansion of the franchise.
- The series was created by Courtney A. Kemp and Sascha Penn, with Penn serving as showrunner and executive producer; Lionsgate Television produces for Starz, with Kemp, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and Mark Canton among the executive producers.
- Production is currently underway in New Jersey, with the network billing Origins as a "rambunctious" prequel tracing Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan as young entrepreneurs rising in New York City.
Why it matters: Starz is doubling down on the Power Universe by adding a prequel focused on Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan's origins while also greenlighting a fifth spinoff ("Power: Legacy"), giving franchise fans both a backward- and forward-looking extension of the world Kemp originally built.
