‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Lands Early Season 4 Renewal At Starz

Denise Petski
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Starz family crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan has received an early renewal for Season 4, ahead of its December 1 Season 3 premiere. Production will begin this week in New York.

“We’re thrilled to continue Kanan Stark’s story, and for fans to see how the events of his formative adolescent years continue to mold him into the cold-hearted villain they were first introduced to in Power. We are quite sure that after viewers see the battle lines being drawn between Raq and Kanan on this epic upcoming third season that they will demand more,” said Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming for Starz.

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Set in the early 1990’s, the third series in the Power Universe tells the origin story of fan favorite character, Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), played by 50 Cent in the original Power franchise, and his entry into the criminal world through his mother, who ruthlessly runs the family’s drug empire.

When the series returns, Kanan continues in his journey of evolution from the devoted son of Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller) into the eventual crime boss feared by nearly all.

In addition to Curtis and Miller, Omar Epps stars as Detective Malcolm Howard, London Brown as Marvin Thomas, Malcolm Mays as Lou-Lou Thomas, Hailey Kilgore as Jukebox, Joey Bada$$ as Unique, Shanley Caswell as Detective Burke, Antonio Ortiz as Famous and Grantham Coleman as Ronnie.

Sascha Penn will return as showrunner and executive producer for season four. The series is executive produced by the creator and showrunner of the original Power, Courtney A. Kemp through her production company End of Episode, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM. Chris Selak and Kevin Fox also serve as executive producers. Lionsgate Television produces the series for Starz.

As previously announced, season three will premiere on December 1 with new episodes available weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. On linear, it will debut on Starz at 8 pm ET/PT in the U.S. and 9 pm ET in Canada.

Rosy Cordero contributed to this report.
 

 

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