Starz has released a new teaser for Power: Origins, offering fans another look at young Ghost and Tommy ahead of the Power Book III: Raising Kanan series finale, while also confirming a new casting addition to the prequel series.
Camila Perez (Acapulco) is joining the show as Young Angie Valdes, reprising a role she briefly played in one episode of the original Power series. Lela Loren played the adult version of Angie on the mothership series, a federal prosecutor and James “Ghost” St. Patrick’s childhood sweetheart. Perez joins a cast of young counterparts that includes Zuri Reed as Tasha St. Patrick and Leslie Grossman returning as Flossie from Raising Kanan.
The new teaser, released September 28, marks the first new footage since July and doesn’t lean on major plot reveals. Instead, it leans into character. Spence Moore II’s Ghost comes across as the dreamer already focused on building something bigger, while Charlie Mann’s Tommy shows flashes of the impulsive streak that longtime fans will recognize immediately. Mekai Curtis also reprises his role as Kanan Stark, reuniting the trio in their early years. Ghost and Tommy were originally played by Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora in the original series.
Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Power: Origins follows Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan as ambitious young entrepreneurs on the rise, determined to make their mark on the streets of New York City. Starz has described it as a rambunctious look at a new era of the Power franchise, built around the audacity of young men determined to become legends in the game.
The series also stars Asjha Cooper as Jarita, Kanan’s love interest and the future mother of his son Shawn, with a recurring cast including Jennifer Ferrin as Kate Egan, Kelly McCreary as Melanie Rivers, Hill Harper as Burns, Jason Dirden as Traymont Stinson, Tonya Pinkins as Grandma Charlayne, and Damon Gupton as Glover Archibald.
Power: Origins is the fourth spinoff in the Power Universe, following Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and Power Book IV: Force. It received an 18 episode order, and production has wrapped in New York and New Jersey. A fifth spinoff, Power: Legacy, starring Joseph Sikora and Michael Rainey Jr., has also been greenlit at Starz.
The series was created by Courtney A. Kemp, who also created the original Power, and Sascha Penn, creator of Raising Kanan. Penn serves as showrunner and executive producer. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson executive produces through G-Unit Film and Television, alongside Mark Canton through Canton Entertainment, Chris Selak, Kevin Fox, and Pete Chatmon, who also directs several episodes. Lionsgate Television produces the series for Starz.
Starz has not yet announced a premiere date for Power: Origins, though the series is expected to arrive in 2027. The Power Book III: Raising Kanan series finale airs August 7 on Starz.