Power-Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 – release date, trailer, cast and what to expect from the final season of the hit Starz show

Power-Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 — Key Info

– Returns to Starz from June 12, 2026
– Will consist of eight sections
– Mekai Curtis, Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm Mays and more return, Shameik Moore joins the cast
– The full trailer has been released
– Two on the way Power spinoffs are still in the works

All good things must come to an end, and hit the Starz show Power-Book III: Raising Kanan season 5 will be its final outing.

Set in the 1990s, Raising Kanan has been exploring the early years of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) since 2021, when he enters the drug game and helps his mother’s growing drug business. We’ve seen plenty of violence, drama and scandal since then, and unfortunately we only have eight more episodes of it.

Power-Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 Release Date

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Me too, boys. (Image credit: Starz)

Let’s start with the good news: Power-Book III: Raising Kanan season 5 returns to Starz on June 12, 2026.

New episodes will then be streamed weekly on Fridays on the STARZ app and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms.

There are eight episodes in total, which means the season finale will be on July 31 if there are no changes to the schedule.

Power-Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 Trailer

Official Trailer | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | Season 5 – YouTube

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The Season 5 trailer dropped on May 18 with this synopsis: “Kanan has become exactly who he was meant to be, and the Thomas family is ready for an all-out war.”

Incredibly, it also resolves the excellent season 4 cliffhanger of whether or not Kanan actually killed his mother, Raq. Surprise…she is very much alive and well.

That doesn’t necessarily mean she’s stuck, though, and the trailer above suggests that a number of other people might want her bumped off, too.

Power-Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 Cast

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Raq is back, baby. (Image credit: Starz)

We expect the following main cast members to return for Power-Book III: Raising Kanan season 5:

Mekai Curtis as Kanan Stark
Shameik Moore as Breeze
Patina Miller as Raquel Thomas
London Brown as Marvin Thomas
Malcolm Mays as Lou Thomas
Joey Bada$$ as unique
Hailey Kilgore as Laverne “Jukebox” Thomas
Wendell Pierce as Ishmael “Snaps” Henry
Erika Woods as Stephanie “Pop” Henry
Tony Danza as Stefano Marchetti
Joe Pantoliano as Pino Bernardi
Leslie Grossman as Florence “Flossie” Sigel.

While Moore is technically a new cast member, he made a surprise appearance during the Season 4 finale, but he will be a regular on the series going forward.

“The Power Universe fans have been patiently waiting for this moment, and I am honored to step into the iconic role of Breeze,” Moore said in a statement when his casting was first announced.

“I jumped into a story that’s already alive with such strong characters, but it was a fun challenge to find Breeze’s unique identity, and I can’t wait for fans to see how Breeze will change the dynamics of the story. It’s going to be a wild ride.”

Power-Book III: Raising Kanan season 5 plot synopsis

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This is exactly where I want to be. (Image credit: Starz)

Luckily for us, Starz has gone into some exceptional detail when it comes to the Season 5 synopsis.

As it explains, “Kanan Stark’s journey over the past four seasons of Raising Kanan has been filled with ambition, betrayal and relentless attempts to escape his mother’s shadow. He once looked up to Raq, eager to join her empire, but he soon learned the truth about who she really was and the secrets she kept from him.

“Forced to confront this web of lies, Kanan faced an existential crisis of self-discovery and emerged stronger and more resolute than ever. Even as he embraced his true self and broke free from his mother’s influence, he still could not let her crimes go unanswered.”

It continues: “Now, in Season 5, Kanan’s true ruthlessness takes shape. He knows exactly who he is and who he must become in order to defeat his enemies. As his relationship with Raq reaches a point of no return and any chance of reconciliation becomes a distant memory, war is inevitable. Kanan solidifies his place in Bredeze’s drug and legend scene alongside the Queens scene, and the legend. expects to topple through all the players in this dangerous business.

“Many sacrifices will be made, whether it’s the Thomas family facing the collapse of their reign, Unique’s fight to preserve his legacy, or the mafia maneuvering behind the scenes. However, nothing will stand in the way of Kanan’s pursuit of power. After all, this is not the end for Kanan Stark. It’s just the beginning.”

Is this the end of the Power franchise?

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Don’t be stupid, of course it isn’t. (Image credit: Starz)

Fortunately, it is not. Just because Raising Kanan ends, Power still has two other spin-offs in production: Origin and Inheritance.

More crucially, anyone still alive at the end of Raising Kanan have the chance to perform Originwhich will follow James “Ghost” St. The early lives of Patrick and Tommy Egan in late 1990s and early 2000s New York.

We already know that Curtis will reprise the role of Kanan for the next spinoff, with Spence Moore II playing the young Ghost and Charlie Mann playing Egan.

Inheritance will be a direct continuation of the original Power series rather than a prequel, following Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) and Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) return to the streets of New York.

None of them have release dates yet.