Mexico City -
November 12, 2020 - Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today released the official poster and trailer for the next five episodes of the original STARZ series "Power Book II: Ghost ». The series will return on Sunday, December 6 at 8 pm ET / PT on STARZ in the US and Canada. It will also air the same day on the international streaming service Starzplay in Latin America, Europe and Japan.
The series garnered 8.4 million cross-platform viewers in its opening week this past September, becoming the most-watched new series premiere on STARZ, and driving a 42% increase in acquisitions on the Starz app and 36 % more in audience than the premiere of «Power» 601.
"Power Book II: Ghost" premiered internationally on the Starzplay streaming service. In the UK it was the most successful launch of the service. In the first five weeks after the UK premiere, 400% more viewers watched "Power Book II: Ghost" compared to last year's best series. Likewise, this show achieved audience growth that included a 50% increase between episode 105 and 101 in its first weeks, setting the all-time transmission record for an episode in its first week of launch.
From the executive producers of "Power", this is the first series in the expansion of the "Power" Universe franchise. The next series will be "Power Book III: Raising Kanan," which is currently in production in New York, and "Power Book IV: Force."
"Power Book II: Ghost" begins shortly after the devastating events of "Power", when Tariq St. Patrick faces a new world order: his father is dead and his mother, Tasha, faces charges for the murder of her son. committed. Not to mention the academic rigors at the Ivy League university that Tariq attends in order to get his inheritance back. For really only for the first time in his life, Tariq is forced to divide his time between studies and the rush to pay Davis MacLean, a defense attorney hungry for fame but Tasha's only hope of getting out of jail. and escape the judicial process led by the recently appointed Attorney General, Cooper Saxe. No better optionsTariq turns to the notorious drug game and becomes entangled with a ruthless family headed by Monet Stewart Tejada, who has been in the business much longer than he has. As Tariq tries to balance his drug operation with his studies, love life, and family, he realizes that the only way to avoid the same fate his father encountered is to become him, only better.
The cast includes Michael Rainey Jr. ("Power," "Lee Daniels' The Butler") as "Tariq St. Patrick"; Naturi Naughton ("Power," "Fame") as "Tasha St. Patrick"; Mary J. Blige ("Mudbound," "The Umbrella Academy") as "Monet Stewart Tejada"; Shane Johnson ("Power," "Behind Enemy Lines") as "Cooper Saxe"; Gianni Paolo ("Ma," "The Fosters") as "Brayden Weston"; Quincy Tyler Bernstine ("Ray Donovan," "Modern Love") as "Tameika Washington"; Daniel Bellomy ("The Real MVP: The Wanda Durrant Story") as "Ezekiel 'Zeke' Cross"; Paige Hurd ("The Oval," "Hawaii Five-O") as "Lauren Baldwin"; Cliff 'Method Man' Smith ("The Deuce," "Garden State") as "Davis MacLean"; Melanie Liburd ("This is Us," "Gypsy") as "Charity 'Carrie' Milgram"; Justin Marcel McManus ("Star") as "Jabari Reynolds"; Woody McClain ("The Bobby Brown Story,""The New Edition Story") as "Cane Tejada"; Lovell Adams-Gray ("Coroner," "Slasher") as "Dru Tejada" and LaToya Tonodeo ("The Oath") as "Diana Tejada."
“Power Book II: Ghost” is executive produced by series creator and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp through her company End of Episode and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television. They also serve as executive producers on the series Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Chris Selak and Danielle De Jesus from End of Episode, Shana Stein and Bart Wenrich. Lionsgate TV produces the series for STARZ.
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