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Benjamin Cleary said his upcoming film Swan Song originated from his experience of losing three friends and his own existential questions about grief. “When something like that happens, you see the grief emanate out and affect everyone else around you,” Cleary said Sunday during Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles…

Death is the natural order of things, but what if you could prevent your families and friends from feeling sadness and grief due to your death. Would you take that opportunity? If you’ve ever lost someone, you may identify with the moral struggle at the heart of writer/director Benjamin Cleary’s Apple TV+ sci-fi drama…

The first trailer for Oscar-winning director Benjamin Cleary’s film Swan Song dropped today. It stars two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali as Cameron Turner, a husband and soon-to-be father who is presented with a shot at surviving a terminal illness, but the proposition turns out to be more complicated than he…

The American Film Institute said Tuesday that it has added the world premieres of Apple Original Films’ Swan Song, starring two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, and Halle Berry’s directorial debut Bruised from Netflix to this year’s AFI Fest lineup. When Netflix picked up Bruised at the Toronto Film Festival last…

Documentaries about a da Vinci and a dictator, a Pablo Larraín drama with Gael Garcia Bernal, a Donnie Yen martial arts thriller by the late Benny Chan, and CODA — Apple's record-busting Sundance acquisition — make specialty bows this weekend as the arthouse sector fights through a slow reopening. "The market is still…

With Swan Song, Todd Stephens paid tribute to a muse from his childhood in Sandusky, Ohio who continues to inspire him to this day. In conversation with the film's stars Udo Kier and Linda Evans at Deadline's virtual South by Southwest Studio, the writer/director offered insights into the life of one-time hairdresser…

EXCLUSIVE:  Magnolia Pictures has acquired global rights to the Udo Kier and Jennifer Coolidge comedy Swan Song.  The movie, which premieres today at SXSW, is the the fifth movie from filmmaker Todd Stephens, writer of Edge of Seventeen and director of cult titles Gypsy 83 and Another Gay Movie. Magnolia Pictures is…

Glenn Close is the latest to join the growing ensemble of Swan Song, an upcoming Apple Original film starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina and Naomie Harris. Benjamin Cleary, also an Oscar winner for his short film Stutterer, wrote the screenplay and is directing the pic. Produced by Apple Studios, Anonymous…

Golden Globe winner Awkwafina has joined the cast of Swan Song, an upcoming Apple Original film starring Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali and Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG nominee Naomie Harris. Benjamin Cleary, also an Oscar winner for his short film Stutterer, wrote the screenplay and is directing the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actress Naomie Harris is set to reunite with Moonlight co-star and Oscar winner Mahershala Ali in the Apple TV+ original film Swan Song, which hails from Apple Studios and Anonymous Content. Benjamin Cleary, also an Oscar winner for his short film Stutterer, wrote the screenplay and is…

AppleTV+ will be adding Swan Song to its original film slate. The pic, directed and written by Oscar winner Benjamin Cleary, is a genre-bending drama that is set in the near future, exploring how far someone will go, and how much they'll sacrifice, to make a happier life for the people they love. Two-time Oscar…