Toni Collette’s new Prime Video thriller series looks and sounds electrifying
Prepare to be shocked, everyone
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Update:the first trailer forThe Powerhas been released byAmazonStudios, and sparks – personal, political, and otherwise – will certainly fly in the forthcoming Prime Video series.
The superpower-style drama thriller has also received an official launch date. Confirmed at the end of the trailer,The Powerwill debut exclusively on Amazon’s streamer on Friday, March 31. New episodes will be released weekly until the season finale on May 12.
Take a look at the first teaser below:
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Amazon Studios has built a reputation for creating and/or adapting inventive superhero projects – andThe Powercould be another similarly positioned hit for its streaming platform.
Starring Toni Collette (Knives Out,Hereditary), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), and Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso season 3), the forthcomingPrime Videothriller series will aim to shock audiences with a worldwide tale based around gender imbalance and a single superpower.
Based on Naomi Alderman’s best-selling novel of the same name,The Powertakes place in a world not unlike our own. However, one fateful day, teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop the ability to electrocute people at will. This nature-based power is hereditary, there’s no ‘cure’ for it and, most important of all, wielders can awaken the same power in their older mothers, sisters, cousins, and grandmothers.
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Unsurprisingly, the emergence of this superpower leads to complete reversal of gender-based power balance in the world. Soon enough, the sparks of revolution are ignited, and men are quickly viewed as the lesser of humankind’s genders. Thefalloutthat follows, then, will be as dramatic, suspense-filled, and electrifying as you can imagine.
Check out some more first-look images of the series in the gallery below:
Given the surfacing of this superpower across the world,The Powerwill have a global feel to it. Viewers, then, should expect the series' events to play out in multiple nations, including the US, UK, Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and further afield.
The Powerhas been developed for Amazon’s streamer by Alderman herself, with a 10-episode first season greenlit for one of the world’sbest streaming servicesin February 2019. Raelle Tucker (True Blood,Jessica Jones) serves as showrunner, and joins Alderman, Jane Featherstone (Chernobyl), and Reed Morano (Billions) on the series' executive producing team.
Originally, Leslie Mann (This is 40,Croods: A New Age) was slated to play the series' lead role. However, owing to scheduling conflicts, Mann dropped out in April 2021, with Collette replacing her in August of that year.
Collette, Cravalho, and Jimoh are joined by notable actors including John Leguizamo (Violent Night,Ice Age), Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan), Ria Zmitrowicz (Mr Selfridge), Rob Delaney (The School for Good and Evil), and Alice Eve (Star TrekInto Darkness).
The project, which could become one of thebest Prime Video showsif it resonates with critics and general TV fans, comes from production company SISTER, which played a significant role in the development ofChernobyl, one of thebest HBO Max showsever made.
The Powerdoesn’t have an official release date yet, but it’ll land on Prime Video in March. Stick with TechRadar for more details on its launch when we have them.
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