{"id":26307,"date":"2021-09-13T20:38:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T00:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=26307"},"modified":"2021-09-13T20:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T00:38:31","slug":"apple-original-films-swan-song-starring-mahershala-ali-to-premiere-in-theaters-and-globally-on-apple-tv-on-friday-december-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/13\/apple-original-films-swan-song-starring-mahershala-ali-to-premiere-in-theaters-and-globally-on-apple-tv-on-friday-december-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Original Films&#8217; &#8220;Swan Song,&#8221; Starring Mahershala Ali, to Premiere in Theaters and Globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, December 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26308\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/swan-song.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/swan-song.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/swan-song-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple Original Films today revealed that the highly anticipated, star-studded film &#8220;<strong><em>Swan Song<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; will debut in theaters and globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, December 17. &#8220;Swan Song&#8221; stars two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, who also serves as producer; eight-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close; and Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris. 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