EXCLUSIVE: Starz‘s flagship Power franchise will quickly be accessible on Netflix in a lot of the world. In a giant licensing cope with Lionsgate Television, the worldwide streamer has acquired worldwide rights to Power, Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force, together with home rights to the mothership collection.
Starz stays the first U.S. house to the Power universe. All seasons of Power, Ghost, Raising Kanan and Force will proceed to be accessible on the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms, which additionally will carry the upcoming offshoots Power: Origins and Power: Legacy, neither of them a part of the Netflix licensing deal.
The first 4 collection within the Power franchise will begin arriving on Netflix firstly of November with timing various market to market based mostly on Lionsgate’s present native agreements. The pact — which spans all six seasons of Power, 4 seasons of Ghost, three seasons of Force and 5 seasons of Raising Kanan — doesn’t embody Canada the place the Power franchise streams on Starz by way of its partnership with Bell Media. It is just not unique, with Lionsgate in a position to license the reveals to different platforms within the territories the place Netflix has them.
Also in November, all seasons of the mothership Power collection, which had been licensed by Lionsgate TV to Hulu in the U.S. since 2017, will transfer to Netflix.
The fifth and final season of Raising Kanan is at the moment been launched, with new episodes airing completely on the Starz linear community on Fridays at 8 p.m. and streaming weekly on Fridays on the Starz app and different Starz platforms, heading to an August 7 collection finale.
Lionsgate Television took over manufacturing of the primary Power collection following Lionsgate’s June 2016 acquisition of Starz when the mothership was about to launch its third season. Lionsgate TV produced all Power collection through the time the 2 firms have been merged till their May 2025 break up, together with the upcoming Origins, the origin story of fan-favorite characters Ghost and Tommy, now in manufacturing on its 18-episode first season.
With now-independent Starz specializing in growing possession of its scripted content material, the most recent offshoot — the recently greenlighted Power: Legacy starring Michael Rainey, Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick and Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan — is a co-production between Starz and Lionsgate Television.
Netflix is choosing up the 4 Power collection following the current breakout success of Nemesis, its unique drama from Power creator Courtney Kemp, which shares some DNA along with her work on the Power franchise. Released in May, Nemesis logged 32.6 million views in its first month and a half, incomes(*4*).
Kemp continues to govt produce the Power universe with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mark Canton.
Last 12 months, Lionsgate licensed two Rebecca Cutter collection to Netflix for the U.S., Hightown, which had run on Starz for 3 seasons, and The Hunting Wives, which had been initially ordered by Starz however didn’t transfer ahead there, with Lionsgate taking it again within the company break up.
The Hunting Wives grew to become a runaway hit, triggering a Season 2 renewal, with the present changing into a Netflix unique within the U.S. and a lot of the world.
Other Starz collection which have had streaming offers with Netflix embody Outlander, Black Sails and Heels.
