Swan Song
Update: Pre-production suspended because of Coronavirus fears.
Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali plays a dying man who clones himself in Apple TV+’s Swan Song, filming in Vancouver this Spring.
Working title: Ellington.
Filming dates: May 11th to July 10th.
When a loving husband and father, Milo (Mahershala Ali), is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he’s presented with a controversial alternative solution to replace himself with a carbon copy clone. Milo signs up for a program that creates an exact replica of himself so his family never needs to know he was sick and can go on living with him after he’s gone. At first, Milo is hesitant about the procedure and clashes often with the doctors and his own replica, Jack. The process of extracting Milo’s memories to put into Jack’s brain causes Milo to relive those memories in snippets, revealing both major life events as well as little everyday ones.
Mahershala Ali won Oscars for his work in Green Book and Moonlight.
Green Book.
Moonlight.
Also known as Cornell Stokes aka Cottonmouth on Netflix’s Marvel series Luke Cage.
Writer/director: Benjamin Cleary.
Producers: Adam Shulman, Jacob Perlin.
Sources: Deadline: Hollywood, DGC-BC Production List and Production Weekly.