Yesterday (14th September, 2021), Apple Original films revealed that the star-studded film, Swan Song, will be releasing into cinemas and Apple TV+ this December (2021).
Mahershala Ali and Awkwafina in Swan Song / Picture Credit: Apple TV
The film’s cast includes Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali (who is also producing), who has starred in Moonlight (2016), Green Book (2018), and will be portraying the Marvel character Blade in the upcoming film of the same name.
Also cast for Swan Song is eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close (101 Dalmatians, Guardians of the Galaxy), Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris (Spectre, Rampage), with Adam Beach (Suicide Squad), and Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
Swan Song will be set in the not-too-distant future, and is a strong, emotional journey told through the eyes of Cameron (Ali), a doting father and husband who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Cameron is given an alternate solution by his doctor (Close), one that will serve to hide his family from the pain and grief that comes with losing a loved one.
While Cameron’s mind fills with thoughts of his decision, and whether or not he should alter his family’s fate, he learns more about the wonders of life and the beauty of love than he ever imaged he could.
Swan Song is set to explore how far humans can go, how much we’d be willing to sacrifice, to make life happier and more enjoyable for those we love, and may have to leave behind.
It seems that Swan Song is attempting to each into the hearts of viewers and encourage them to love life, as hard as it can be sometimes. The movie appears to be a very emotional and perhaps even heart-breaking story, one to maybe show how short life can be.
The images released for Swan Song show how deep the feature seems to be, with Ali looking thoughtful and troubled, and Awkwafina appearing rather dismal, perhaps knowing what Cameron’s character is going through.
The compelling and thought-provoking film is helmed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Benjamin Cleary (Stutterer), from an original screenplay written by Cleary and produced by both Anonymous Content and Concordia Studio.
Producers for the film, are Adam Shulman (Defending Jacob) and Jacob Perlin (The Amazing Johnathan Documentary) on behalf of Anonymous Content, Jonathan King (Stillwater, Dark Waters) on behalf of Concordia Studio, Rebecca Bourke (Wave), with Mahershala Ali and Mimi Valdés (Hidden Figures) through Know Wonder.
Swan Song will be in cinemas and on Apple TV+ on Friday, December 17th, 2021.
Written by Melissa, who you can follow on Twitter @melissajournal
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