During its Television Critics Association presentation today, Amazon unveiled the cast for its upcoming series adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s 2016 novel The Power.
The 10-episode series will go into production in February, and when it does, it’ll star Heather Agyepong as Ndudi, Tunde’s close friend; Halle Bush as Allie, a girl who’s bounced between foster homes; Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) as Jos Cleary-Lopez, Margo’s daughter; Nico Hiraga (Booksmart) as Ryan a friend of Jos’s; Toheeb Jimoh (The Feed) as Tunde, a Nigerian journalist; John Leguizamo (Waco, Bloodlines) as Rob, Margo’s partner; Leslie Mann (Motherless Brooklyn) as Margo; Daniela Vega (Tales of the City), as Sister Maria; and Ria Zmitrowicz (Three Girls) as Roxy Monke, the daughter of a London crime boss.
Alderman’s novel opens five thousand years from now, and looks back on a moment of enormous change in our present. In it, a woman develops the ability to protect herself with electricity, and can spread the ability to other women. The ability kicks off a chain reaction throughout the world, toppling governments and societies. The novel earned the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017.
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Amazon noted that Alderman is one of the writers on the series (part of an all-female writers room), and that each episode of the series will be directed by women. Amazon didn’t reveal a release date for the series.
