{"id":103531,"date":"2025-07-23T19:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=103531"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:22:11","slug":"starz-greenlights-prequel-series-power-origins-focusing-on-fan-favorite-power-characters-ghost-and-tommy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/23\/starz-greenlights-prequel-series-power-origins-focusing-on-fan-favorite-power-characters-ghost-and-tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Greenlights Prequel Series &#8220;Power: Origins,&#8221; Focusing on Fan-Favorite &#8220;Power&#8221; Characters Ghost and Tommy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103532\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MeKai-Curtis.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MeKai-Curtis.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MeKai-Curtis-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patina Miller and Mekai Curtis in Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021) Photo by Cara Howe &#8211; \u00a9 Power Book III: Raising Kanan \u00a9 2023 Starz Entertainment, LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>STARZ has greenlit production on the new <em><strong>&#8220;Power&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> prequel series, <em><strong>&#8220;Power: Origins,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> ordering 18 episodes for its premiere season. 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