The official trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming science fiction show “The Power” has been released. The first three episodes will be released on March 31, and the last six episodes will be released every Friday until May 12. The new science fiction series is based on Naomi Alderman’s book of the same name. It follows a group of teenage girls with the power to electrocute people and learn to keep an eye on this new ability.
Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli’i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, Josh Charles, Eddie Marsan, Ria Zmitrowicz, Zrinka Cvitei, and Halle Bush all have roles in the series. Amazon Studios and Sister make “The Power,” and Raelle Tucker is in charge of the show.
The Power
On January 26, 2023, in Culver City, California, —the highly anticipated series The Power got its first look on Prime Video. The emotional, global thriller from SISTER (Chernobyl) is based on the award-winning book by British author Naomi Alderman. It will premiere in March on Prime Video and only there.
The Power is just like our world, except for one thing. Teenage girls get the power to electrocute people at will all of a sudden and without warning. The series follows a group of interesting people from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Eastern Europe, as the Power grows from a tingling feeling in the collarbones of teenagers to a complete change in the world’s power balance.
Who is in the cast of The Power?
Since the project first was announced, there have been a lot of big changes in the cast. This is because the COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays and scheduling problems.
For example, Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, The Bubble) was supposed to play Margot Cleary-Lopez in The Power, but Toni Collette now plays that part (The Staircase, Knives Out).
Here is a list of everyone who was in The Power:
- Toni Collette as Mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez
- John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez
- Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde Ojo
- Auli’i Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez
- Josh Charles as Daniel Dandon
- Eddie Marsan as Bernie Monke
- Ria Zmitrowicz as Roxy Monke
- Halle Bush as Allie Montgomery
- Zrinka Cvitešić as Tatiana Moskalev
- Nico Hiraga as Ryan
- Heather Agyepong as Ndudi
- Rob Delaney as Tom
- Alice Eve as Kristen
- Edwina Findley as Helen
- Daniela Vega as Sister Maria
- Archie Rush as Darrell Monke
- Gerrison Machado as Matt Cleary-Lopez
- Pietra Castro as Izzy Cleary-Lopez
- Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Ricky Monke
- Avital Lvova as Liat Monke
- Sam Buchanan as Terry Monke
- Juliet Cowan as Barbara Monke
- Simbi Ajikawo as Adunola
- Ana Ularu as Zoia
What is The Power plot?
The Power takes place in a world not too different from ours, except for one thing: all teenage girls around the world gain an inherited power that allows them to electrocute people through their fingertips. Soon, they figure out that they can also give this power to older women. This usher in a new age of control in which women are in charge and can hurt or even kill.
Overnight, everything changes. Women are now in charge, and men are afraid of teenage girls. To protect the boys, they are sent to schools for only one gender. The main character in the TV show is Mayor of Seattle Margot Cleary-Lopez, a charming and quick-witted politician, wife, and mother of three who has been rising in a world dominated by men.
She has learned the hard way that real power comes from being strong, not from being in charge. No, regardless of how hard she works in her career, she has been the target of online trolls who make fun of her fashion choices and other small things. She seems to be a lovable and dedicated wife and mother, but when her power awakens, her husband Rob, and daughter Jos start to feel the effects of her success very strongly. One of them starts to understand her better, while the other feels hurt and betrayed.
Series 1 will also follow a number of other newly empowered women around the world, like Allie, a vulnerable American foster child who rediscovers herself as a faith leader, and Roxy, the daughter of a London crime boss. What starts as a tingle in the collarbones of teenage girls quickly grows into The Day of the Girls, a complete reversal of the balance of power in every country. But where is it all going?
Is The Power based on the book of the same name?
Yes, The Power is based on Naomi Alderman’s science fiction book The Power, which you can see above. When it came out in 2016, it was an international best-seller. In 2017, it won the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, and in the same year, former US President Barack Obama put it on his list of favorite books. It’s a great story for turning into a TV show, and now Prime Video is planning to do just that.
The Power Trailer
The action-packed trailer came out on January 31, giving people an exciting look at the new show’s plot and characters. Margot, played by Toni Collette, is the main character in the teaser. She watches how power grows and how she rises to become a politician. As the girls get used to being in charge, scenes are shown of them enjoying their newfound power.
The Power Release Date
The Power will debut on Prime Video on March 31, 2023. This comes more than 4 years after it was first said that the show would be coming to Prime Video. It’s not clear yet if the series will be released all at once or weekly, like recent Prime Video originals The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and The Peripheral.