STARZ is officially giving fans their first look at the next chapter of the Power universe.
The network released an early teaser and first-look images for Power: Origins, the upcoming prequel series starring Spence Moore as young Ghost, Charlie Mann as young Tommy, and MeKai Curtis as Kanan Stark. The reveal marks the first official footage from the series and the debut of Moore and Mann in character as younger versions of the iconic roles originated by Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora in the original Power series.
Currently in production in New Jersey, Power: Origins will explore the rise of Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan as ambitious young entrepreneurs trying to make their mark on the streets of New York City.
A New Beginning for Two Power Icons
For longtime fans, the first look at young Ghost and Tommy is a major moment.
The original Power built much of its legacy on the complicated brotherhood between James “Ghost” St. Patrick and Tommy Egan. Their loyalty, ambition, betrayal, and street-level survival instincts became the emotional engine of the franchise. Power: Origins now has the opportunity to go back to the beginning and show how those two young men became the legends fans first met years later.
Spence Moore and Charlie Mann step into roles that carry real weight within the franchise. Ghost and Tommy are not just familiar names. They are two of the defining characters in STARZ history, and this first-look reveal gives audiences their first glimpse at how the prequel plans to reintroduce them.
Kanan Connects the Past to the Future
The timing of the reveal is especially important because Power: Origins arrives as Power Book III: Raising Kanan prepares to close its story.
The fifth and final season of Raising Kanan is currently airing, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays on the STARZ app and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms. Its series finale is set for August 7, and STARZ says the conclusion will help set the table for what comes next in Power: Origins.
That connection matters. MeKai Curtis has spent years shaping Kanan Stark’s younger years, and bringing him into Power: Origins gives the franchise a natural bridge between the end of Raising Kanan and the early days of Ghost and Tommy’s rise.
A Culture-Defining Franchise Keeps Expanding
The Power universe has always meant more than crime drama. It has become one of television’s most recognizable Black-led franchises, building a world around ambition, loyalty, family, betrayal, survival, and the cost of chasing power in systems designed to consume people.
What makes Power: Origins especially interesting is that it is not simply filling in backstory. It is going back to the foundation of characters who shaped an entire franchise. This series gets to explore who Ghost and Tommy were before the suits, before the clubs, before the empire, and before the choices that turned them into legends.
For audiences who have followed Power from the beginning, that kind of origin story has real cultural weight. These characters became part of weekly television conversation, especially among viewers who saw the franchise as appointment viewing. Power: Origins now steps into that legacy with the chance to show how the game started for three of its most important figures.
What Power: Origins Is About
Power: Origins will follow young Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan as they rise through New York City with the confidence, recklessness, and hunger of men determined to become untouchable.
STARZ describes the series as a fun and rambunctious exploration of a new time period in the franchise, highlighting the unbridled audacity of young men on the rise. That tone suggests the show will bring a different kind of energy to the Power universe, one rooted in youth, ambition, and the early choices that shape future consequences.
The series is the fourth spinoff in the Power franchise, following Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and Power Book IV: Force. A fifth spinoff, Power: Legacy, was also recently greenlit at STARZ.
The Creative Team Behind the Series
Power: Origins is created by Courtney A. Kemp and Sascha Penn. Penn serves as showrunner and executive producer, with the pilot co-written by Penn and Kemp.
The series is executive produced by Kemp through End of Episode, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Canton Entertainment. Chris Selak, Kevin Fox, and Pete Chatmon also executive produce, with Chatmon serving as a director.
Lionsgate Television produces Power: Origins for STARZ.
Watch the Teaser
Power: Origins is currently in production in New Jersey.
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