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The Power is an upcoming British global thriller drama television series created by Naomi Alderman for Amazon Prime Video, based on Alderman's 2016 novel of the same name. The first season will consist of ten episodes, and will release in 2023.[1]

The Power
Genre	Drama Global thriller Contemporary thriller
Created by	Naomi Alderman
Based on	The Power by Naomi Alderman
Starring	Toni Collette Auliʻi Cravalho John Leguizamo
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Jane Featherstone Naomi de Pear Naomi Alderman Reed Morano Claire Wilson Raelle Tucker
Producer	Tim Bricknell
Production location	United Kingdom
Production company	Sister
Release
Original network	Amazon Prime Video

Premise

The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. It's hereditary, it's inbuilt, and it can't be taken away from them. Coming alive to the thrill of pure power: the ability to hurt or even kill by releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips, they rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women. Soon enough nearly every woman in the world can do it. And then everything is different.[2]

Cast and characters

Main

• Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez: The mayor of Seattle and a mother of three kids.[3]
• Auliʻi Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez: Margot's daughter.[4]
• John Leguizamo as Rob: Margot's husband.[2][5]
• Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde: An aspiring video journalist with big dreams.[2]
• Ria Zmitrowicz as Roxy Monke: The illegitimate daughter of Bernie Monke.[2]
• Halle Bush as Allie[2]
• Nico Hiraga as Ryan[2]
• Heather Agyepong as Ndudi: Tunde's close friend.[2][5]
• Daniela Vega as Sister Maria[2]
• Eddie Marsan as Bernie Monke: A feared London crime boss.[6]
• Archie Rush as Darrell Monke[7]
• Gerrison Machado as Matt Cleary-Lopez[7][5]
• Pietra Castro as Izzy Cleary-Lopez[7][5]
• Zrinka Cvitešić as Tatiana Moskalev: The wife of the Moldovan President Viktor Moskalev.[7]

Recurring

• Josh Charles as Daniel Dandon: The Republican governor of Washington State and a "constant thorn" in the side of Margot Cleary-Lopez.[3]
• Rob Delaney as Tom[7]
• Alice Eve as Kristen[7]
• Edwina Findley as Helen: Margot Cleary-Lopez's highly competent and trusted advisor.[7]
• Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Ricky Monke[7]
• Avital Lvova as Liat Monke[7]
• Sam Buchanan as Terry Monke[7]
• Juliet Cowan as Barbara Monke[7]
• Simbi Ajikawo as Adunola[7]
• Ana Ularu as Zoia: Tatiana's sister.[8]

Episodes

Reed Morano and Neasa Hardiman will direct episodes of the series.[9][10] Ugla Hauksdóttir and Shannon Murphy will each direct two episodes.[2]

Production

Development

In February 2019, it was announced that Jane Featherstone and Reed Morano would adapt The Power for Amazon.[9][11] The production company, Sister Pictures, had previously optioned the book in 2016.[9][2] The Power was created by Naomi Alderman, who wrote the book the series is based on.[6][12] The series is executive produced by Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, Alderman, Morano, Claire Wilson, and produced by Tim Bricknell.[9]

Writing

The series has an all-female writers room, which includes Claire Wilson, Sarah Quintrell, Whit Anderson, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, and Rebecca Levene. Quintrell also serves as co-executive producer and story consultant.[12][10]

Casting

In late October 2019, Leslie Mann was cast as Margot Cleary-Lopez.[12] Auliʻi Cravalho was cast the next month as Jos Cleary-Lopez.[4] In January 2020, John Leguizamo, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Halle Bush, Heather Agyepong, Nico Hiraga and Daniela Vega were cast.[2] Later that month, Eddie Marsan was cast as Bernie Monke.[6] In February, Rainn Wilson was cast as Daniel Dandon, but was replaced by Tim Robbins in January 2021 due to scheduling conflicts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14] The next month, Rob Delaney, Alice Eve, Edwina Findley, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Sam Buchanan, Juliet Cowan, and Simbi Ajikawo were cast in recurring roles. Archie Rush, Gerrison Machado, Pietra Castro and Zrinka Cvitešić were cast as series regulars.[7] In April, Ana Ularu was cast as Zoia.[8] In May 2022, it was reported that Mann and Robbins had dropped out of the series.[15] In August, it was announced that their roles would be assumed by Toni Collette and Josh Charles, respectively.[3]

Filming

The series was set to start production in late 2019 in Georgia, but withdrew due to a newly-signed abortion law.[16][17] Filming began in early February 2020 but was paused in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Filming occurred in Fairford and Lechlade.[18] Other shooting locations included the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and Bawdsey, which was chosen to take the place of Toronto, where filming was supposed to occur before the pandemic.[19][20] In late October 2021, the series filmed near Walvis Bay in Namibia.[21]

References

External links

• The Power at IMDb

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