The Power franchise is not done with New York. Starz announced June 4 that it has greenlit Power: Legacy, an eight-episode series that brings back Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan and Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, the two characters whose separate arcs have driven much of the franchise’s second act.
The series is a co-production between Starz and Lionsgate Television, a structural shift from the previous Power spinoffs, which were licensed rather than co-produced. That distinction matters for how Starz owns and profits from the franchise going forward.
What the show is about
Power: Legacy picks up after the events of the Power Book IV: Force finale, following Tommy’s return to New York, where he joins forces with Tariq to take control of the city. The two characters have not shared a sustained storyline since the original Power series, and the setup draws directly from threads the franchise laid years in advance.
The post-credits scene of the 2024 Power Book II: Ghost finale signaled that Tariq’s story was not finished. Then in January 2026, Tariq appeared in the Power Book IV: Force series finale, making a surprise trip to Chicago to help Tommy, before the two share a rooftop conversation in which Tariq asks Tommy to return to New York as his partner.
The official logline frames their dynamic as a partnership built on complicated history, shared ambition, and the pull of power itself. Showrunner Gary Lennon, who co-wrote the pilot with Kendra Chapman Davis, described the central tension as whether two men with that much history can actually share a city, a criminal enterprise, and everything that comes with it.
The people behind it
Gary Lennon will serve as showrunner and executive producer alongside Kendra Chapman Davis. Sikora will executive produce. Rainey Jr. will produce. Chris Selak also executive produces.
The broader Power Universe remains under the executive producing umbrella of Courtney A. Kemp, creator of the original Power, through her company End of Episode; Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television; and Mark Canton through Canton Entertainment.
Jackson called the pairing of Sikora and Rainey Jr. the franchise’s biggest chapter to date, describing both actors as having built their characters into something genuinely iconic within the universe. Starz programming president Kathryn Busby framed the decision as a direct response to audience demand, noting that the franchise universe has maintained its cultural footing for more than a decade by evolving alongside its viewers.
Where the rest of the franchise stands
Legacy enters a franchise that is still actively producing. Power Book III: Raising Kanan, which follows a young Kanan Stark played by Mekai Curtis, returns for its fifth and final season on June 12. Power: Origins, a prequel centered on the early years of Ghost and Tommy, is currently in production on an 18-episode first season.
Additional casting for Legacy has not been announced. Given the way Force ended, fans have speculated that Carmela Zumbado could return as Mireya, Tommy’s pregnant girlfriend who left Chicago before the finale, with popular fan theory placing her in New York. Patricia Kalember as Tommy’s mother Kate, and Gianni Paolo as Brayden, are also among the characters whose returns would fit naturally into the new storyline. No premiere date has been set, though the series is expected to arrive in 2027.
