'Power: Legacy' Greenlit by Starz, Joseph Sikora & Michael Rainey Jr to Reprise Roles - Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip

It’s official – Power: Legacy is coming!

Starz just announced on Thursday (June 4) that the next installment in the Power franchise has received the greenlight, granting an eight episode series with a “fresh new chapter.”

This news comes a year after it was first revealed the series was in development.

What is Power: Legacy about?

Power: Legacy sees the return of Tommy Egan (Sikora) to New York, where he partners with Tariq St. Patrick (Rainey Jr) to take the city by storm.

The new series will be set in the present timeline and pick up after the events of the Power Book IV: Force series finale, per Deadline.

This is the fifth series in the Power franchise, and will be showrun and executive produced by Gary Lennon, with the pilot script co-written by him and Kendra Chapman Davis.

“I’m thrilled to reunite with Starz to bring this latest chapter of the Power Universe to fans and especially proud to be entrusted with continuing Tommy and Tariq’s story as showrunner on Power: Legacy,” Gary Lennon, executive producer and showrunner, said in a statement. “It’s going to be electrifying to see if these two men can share the city, the game and the intoxicating drug known as POWER.”

“Power never dies, and this chapter is our biggest yet,” Executive Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson says in a statement. “Fans have been waiting to see Tariq and Tommy together, and now they’re taking over New York City. Bringing Joseph and Michael back together is special, they’ve turned these characters into true icons of the Power universe.”

In case you missed it, there’s also a Power: Origins series in the works!

Joseph and Michael have appeared in the Power franchise across three different series over the years, the flagship series Power, Power Book II: Ghost and Power Book IV: Force.

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