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‘Power’ Spinoff In The Works Starring Mary J. Blige

<p>The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is headed to your TV screens&excl; As fans continue to countdown to the sixth season of the hit Starz series <em>Power<&sol;em>&comma; they will be happy to know that there are a collection of spinoffs in the works…and the first one is set to star the one and only Mary J&period; Blige&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to &commat;THR&comma; during the recent Television Critics Association &lpar;TCA&rpar; press tour <em>Power <&sol;em>creator Courtney Kemp announced that <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Power Book II&colon; Ghost” <&sol;em>is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;live-feed&sol;mary-j-blige-star-power-spinoff-at-starz-1227390">currently in pre-production<&sol;a>&period; The spinoff series will &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;continue the journey of some of <em>Power<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s most controversial characters&comma;” Kemp said&comma; though it won&&num;8217&semi;t necessarily focus on the character of James &&num;8220&semi;Ghost&&num;8221&semi; St&period; Patrick &lpar;played by Omari Hardwick&comma;&rpar; despite the show’s title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mary made an appearance at the TCA panel&comma; joined by the cast of <em>Power<&sol;em>&comma; including executive producer 50 Cent&period; She revealed that she is a huge fan of the show&comma; prompting the cast to let her know that they love MJB just as much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the upcoming series&comma; Mary had this to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I&&num;8217&semi;ve known so many Tashas&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve known so many Ghosts&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve dated so many Ghosts&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m a huge fan for life&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;m so grateful to be a part of it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While fans wait for the spinoff&comma; season six of <em>Power <&sol;em>returns on August 25<sup>th<&sol;sup> on Starz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; are your excited to see Mary J&period; 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