The Power (TV series)

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The Power
Genre
Based on The Power
by Naomi Alderman
Developed by Raelle Tucker and Naomi Alderman and Claire Wilson and Sarah Quintrell
Starring
Music by Morgan Kibby
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
ProducerSarah Wheale
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Cinematography
Editors
  • Beverley Mills
  • Fiorella Santaniello
  • Stephen Evans
Running time54–63 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) –
present (present)

The Power is an American-British science fiction drama television series developed by Raelle Tucker, Naomi Alderman, Claire Wilson, and Sarah Quintrell for Amazon Prime Video, based on Alderman's 2016 novel The Power . The first season consists of nine episodes and premiered on 31 March 2023 and concluded on 12 May 2023. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. It's hereditary, it's inbuilt, and it can't be taken away from them. Coming alive to the thrill of pure power: the ability to hurt or even kill by releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips, they rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women. Soon enough nearly every woman in the world can do it. And then everything is different. [3]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"A Better Future is in Your Hands"Logan Kibens Naomi Alderman March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
2"The World is on Fu*king Fire"Ugla Hauksdóttir & Lisa Gunning Claire Wilson & Sarah Quintrell March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
3"A New Organ"Ugla HauksdóttirTeleplay by : Raelle Tucker & Sue ChungMarch 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
4"The Day of the Girls" Shannon Murphy & Lisa GunningSarah QuintrellApril 7, 2023 (2023-04-07)
5"Scarlet Minnow"Ugla Hauksdóttir & Lisa GunningSarah QuintrellApril 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
6"Sparklefingers"Ugla HauksdóttirTeleplay by : Stacy Osei-Kuffour and Raelle Tucker & Brennan PetersApril 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)
7"Baptism"Shannon MurphyClaire Wilson & Sarah QuintrellApril 28, 2023 (2023-04-28)
8"Just a Girl"Logan Kibens & Neasa Hardiman Claire WilsonMay 5, 2023 (2023-05-05)
9"The Shape of Power"Logan Kibens & Neasa HardimanClaire Wilson & Naomi Alderman & Brennan PetersMay 12, 2023 (2023-05-12)

Production

Development

In February 2019, it was announced that Jane Featherstone and Reed Morano would adapt the novel The Power by Naomi Alderman for Amazon. [10] [11] [7] [12] The production company Sister Pictures had previously optioned the book in 2016. [10] [3] Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, Alderman, Claire Wilson, and Raelle Tucker serve as executive producers, while Tim Bricknell serves as a produce. [10] In March 2022, Morano exited the series, opting not to be credited as director and executive producer. [13]

Writing

The series has an all-female writers room, which includes Claire Wilson, Sarah Quintrell, Whit Anderson, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Rebecca Levene, Raelle Tucker, Sue Chung, Brennan Peters, and Michelle Hsu. [14] [15] [16] Quintrell also serves as co-executive producer and story consultant. [12]

Casting

In late October 2019, Leslie Mann was cast as Margot Cleary-Lopez. [12] Auliʻi Cravalho was cast the next month as Jos Cleary-Lopez. [5] In January 2020, John Leguizamo, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Halle Bush, Heather Agyepong, Nico Hiraga and Daniela Vega were cast. [3] Later that month, Eddie Marsan was cast as Bernie Monke. [7] In February, Rainn Wilson was cast as Daniel Dandon but was replaced by Tim Robbins in January 2021 due to scheduling conflicts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] [18] The next month, Rob Delaney, Alice Eve, Edwina Findley, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Sam Buchanan, Juliet Cowan, and Simbi Ajikawo were cast in recurring roles. Archie Rush, Gerrison Machado, Pietra Castro and Zrinka Cvitešić were cast as series regulars. [8] In April, Ana Ularu was cast as Zoia. [9] In May 2022, it was reported that Mann and Robbins had dropped out of the series. [19] In August, it was announced that their roles would be assumed by Toni Collette and Josh Charles, respectively. [4]

Filming

The series had been set to start production in late 2019 in the US state of Georgia but moved to Fairford and Lechlade in the south west of the UK due to a newly signed abortion law in Georgia. [20] [21] [22] Filming began in early February 2020 but was paused in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Other shooting locations included the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and Bawdsey, which was chosen to take the place of Toronto, where filming had been planned to occur before the pandemic. [23] [24] In late October 2021, the series filmed near Walvis Bay in Namibia. [25]

Collette filmed her scenes for the series over a period of five weeks. [26]

Music

The music for the series is composed by Morgan Kibby. [27]

The Power (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Roxy"1:01
2."The Hour"1:05
3."Eve"1:20
4."A Flare"2:45
5."Fireflies"1:23
6."Blood on the Bar"1:03
7."Burst into Flames"1:48
8."Carpathia"0:45
9."Deliverance?"1:47
10."Kick in the Teeth"1:27
11."Fix It"2:08
12."No Good Deed"1:11
13."Prelude"3:10
14."Double Speak"1:51
15."Rumors"3:35
16."Girls Working"0:29
17."Nostalgia"1:27
18."Rebel Nuns"2:10
19."Ripple 1"2:14
20."New Organ"2:03
21."Margot"2:44
22."On the Bone"1:34
23."Ignition"3:16
24."Tunde"3:10
25."She Shapes, She Sews"2:44
26."Birthright"1:25
27."Feet of Your Mother"1:49
28."Glitch"3:07
29."Eye 4 an Eye"1:09
30."What You Get"1:45
31."Skein Research"2:00
32."Grain of Salt"2:19
33."Footwear"1:08
34."Guns + Jewels"2:50
35."The Water"2:35
36."In Your Eyes"3:59
37."Surrender"2:16
38."God's Opus"3:28
39."A Cure"4:35
40."You Will Need This"1:23
41."New Religion"2:17
42."Roots"2:10
Total length:88:25

Release

The first three episodes premiered on Prime Video on 31 March 2023, with one new episode released each Friday until the finale on 12 May 2023. [28]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Power holds an approval rating of 74%, based on 46 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Power is too ill-defined to do justice to its mighty potential, but the core idea is intriguing enough to give it a charge." [29] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, has assigned the series a score of 66 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [30]

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