When Power first landed on our screens back in 2014, fans instantly knew it was a hit of a show. But nobody could've quite foretold the global success of the series, with it scaling into a major TV franchise with multiple spin-offs.

But since the series ended in 2020, Power has spawned numerous spin-offs, is set for a prequel series and another brand new follow-up series that will pick up after the events of Power Book IV: Force.

Jackson has overseen the expansion of the Power universe and now, with the release of his first internationally produced series Fightland, many fans are already drawing comparisons. Some have dubbed Fightland as being the British boxing version of Power – but what does Jackson say to those comments and does he embrace them?

When asked that question by Radio Times, Jackson said: “Yes, I embrace those comparisons because it’s actually better. It’s better than what Power was, the first episodes of the show.

"I’m telling you, the intensity of this is going to make them say it after they see it. My audience, they kind of repeat after me. So when I say it, then they… you’ll see how this goes!”

The new series is led by Top Boy and Whitstable Pearl star Howard Charles as Duke, a disgraced heavyweight champion who, upon being released from prison, is seeking revenge on the crime family he believes betrayed him.

When speaking about Fightland following on from the legacy of Power, the actress told : “Fightland inhabits the world of the Power-verse but it’s a project that really stands on its own. It definitely shares the same intensity and edge as Power, for sure. But it very much has its own identity."

The official synopsis for Fightland reads: "On the night that British-born boxer Duke Kilroy (Howard Charles) becomes world heavyweight champion, a vicious assault leaves his brother, Calvin, dead. Duke is devastated and his reaction in the aftermath costs him eight years in a U.S. prison.

"Upon his release, and after having made a sinister discovery, Duke returns home seeking vengeance against the man he believes set him up – the criminal kingpin and his former promoter Kingsley Marshall (Nicholas Pinnock). But Kingsley has vanished, leaving his children and wife, Joy (Deborah Ayorinde), who happens to be the love of Duke’s life, to pick up the pieces."

It continues: "Working with a cartel desperate to control London’s drug market, Duke begins a high-risk game of infiltrating Kingsley’s empire to destroy it from within and smoke out his enemy. But amidst a volatile criminal landscape, and competing influences threatening to pull him off course, Duke will need to channel everything that made him a champion fighter into his bloody pursuit to win the ultimate victory – revenge for his brother."

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