Power Book III: Raising Kanan follows the teen years of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis). Kanan’s mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller), is a drug queenpin who is slowly beginning to show Kanan what she is truly capable of. Raq’s brothers, Marvin (London Brown) and Lou Lou (Malcolm Mays) help her run her empire, but even they have become wary of her ambition. Season 2 is currently airing on Starz, but in New York City, the cast and crew are already filming season 3. RELATED: ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’: The Character Symphony Bosket Could Be Connected to Ghost Before the second season
of Raising Kananeven premiered, Starz renewed the series for a third round. “Our passionate and loyal fans have been eagerly awaiting the season two return of Raising Kanan to see the continued transformation of a young and naïve teenage Kanan Stark into the ruthless, no-nonsense character they know and love,” said Kathryn Busby, President, Original Programming, Starz via Deadline. “And we’re thrilled to be doubling down on a third season with this incredible cast led by Patina and MeKai.”‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ has been renewed for season 3
The second season of Raising Kanan just premiered, but filming is already underway for season 3. Raising Kanan showrunner Sascha Penn shared an image of a vintage McDonald’s Supersized cup on his Instagram. He captioned it, “Today is the first day of production on the third season of Raising Kanan. We’re back at it!”
So far, Penn has not shared any further details about season 3, but he does have an end game in mind for every single character on Raising Kanan.
“I have a pretty good sense of where some of the characters are going,” he told Shadow and Act. I do think part of the fun of writing and doing a show like this is that you discover stuff along the way,” he explained. “I’ve had a pretty decent sense of where I think the stories are going, of course, with the exception of Jukebox and Kanan, which is because we know how their stories end, so that’s kind of out of my hands already.”
Kanan is still a long way from the man he will become in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’
Though fans actively watch Kanan transform from a carefree teen into a hardened young man, he is still a long way from the menacing gangster Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson portrayed in Power. The evolution of the character is one of the most compelling things about the series.
When I was first presented with this opportunity, I felt really strongly I wanted Kanan to have Kanan start off in a very different place than he ends up emotionally and that gives me a lot of runway in terms of story,” Penn told The Koalition. “It also allowed me to really flesh out this world with family members and his mother, who is obviously a central piece of who he is.”
Penn has also noted that he is interested in really unpacking the theme of nature versus nurture.
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The second season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan was renewed on July 12, 2021. [1] It premiered on 14 August 2022 and will end on 23 October 2022.
Synopsis
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Cast
Main Cast
- Mekai Curtis as Kanan Stark
- Antonio Ortiz as Shawn "Famous" Figueroa
- London Brown as Marvin Thomas
- Patina Miller as Raquel Thomas
- Malcolm Mays as Lou-Lou Thomas
- Hailey Kilgore as LaVerne Ganner
- Jo-Vaughn Scott as Unique
- Toby Sandeman as Symphony Bosket
- Omar Epps as Malcolm Howard
Recurring Cast
- Ade Chike Torbert as Scrappy
- LeToya Luckett as Kenya[2]
- Omar Dorsey as Cartier "Duns" Freed[2]
- Krystal Joy Brown as Renée Timmons[2]
- Paulina Singer as Zisa[2]
- KJ Smith as Palomar[3]
- Quincy Jones as Crown Camacho
- Natalee Linez as Jessica Figueroa
- AnnaLynne McCord as Toni Deep
- John Clay lll as Worrell
- Michael Rispoli as Sal Boselli
- David Castro as Marco Boselli
Episodes
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Air Date |
1 | 1 | "The More Things Change" | August 14, 2022 | ||
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2 | 2 | "Mind Your Business" | August 21, 2022 | ||
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3 | 3 | "Sleeping Dogs" | August 28, 2022 | ||
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4 | 4 | "Pay the Toll" | September 4, 2022 | ||
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5 | 5 | "What Happens in the Catskills" | September 11, 2022 | ||
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6 | 6 | "It's a Business, Man" | September 18, 2022 | ||
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7 | 7 | "No Love Lost" | TBA | October 2, 2022 | |
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8 | 8 | "A House Is Not a Home" | TBA | October 9, 2022 | |
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9 | 9 | "Anti-Trust" | October 16, 2022 | ||
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10 | 10 | "If Y'Dont Know, Now Y'Know" | October 23, 2022 | ||
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Production
- Raising Kanan was renewed for a second season on July 12, 2021, 6 days ahead of the season one premiere.
- Filming has started on July 22, 2021.
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References
- ↑ ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Renewed For Season 2 By Starz Ahead Of Series Premiere - Deadline
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Renewed For Season 2 By Starz Ahead Of Series Premiere - Deadline
- ↑ ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’: KJ Smith Joins Prequel Series As Recurring - Deadline