Apple's Swan Song

SWAN SONG

APPLE+


Dates: May 15, 2020
Location: TBD
Budget: TBD

Writer (Current): Benjamin Cleary
Producer: Adam Shulman
Director: Benjamin Cleary

Casting Director: Tamara Hunter
Cast: Talent: Mahershala Ali [MILO: Attached], Mahershala Ali [JACK: Set]

Logline: When a loving husband and father, Milo, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he's presented with a controversial alternative solution
to replace himself with a carbon copy clone.
Role Type Description Status

[MILO]
Lead Male (30 - 40)
In the present, Milo is 38 but he is also seen at other ages through his memories. After finding out he is terminally ill, 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. He is married to POPPY and they have a son, HUGO.
Attached Mahershala Ali

[JACK]
Lead Male (30 - 40)
Jack is Milo's exact double - identical to him in every way. After Milo finds out he is terminally ill, he has a replica of him made who will replace him unbeknownst to his family. Jack is that
replica. At first, Milo is hesitant and unsure about Jack's ability to really be him and the two of them often clash. But Milo is grateful to Jack at the end, as Jack becomes Milo from now on.
Set Mahershala Ali

[POPPY]
Supporting Female (30 - 40)
Milo's wife. She is also seen in Milo's memories. In the present, Poppy and Milo often argue over Milo's work; she wishes he didn't work so much and could be more present in Hugo's and her lives. However, a few years earlier Poppy suffered a major
loss in her own immediate family and while physically present, she was mentally and emotionally checked out from Milo and Hugo, leaving Milo on his own to raise their son. She is
pregnant at the end.

[DR. CHARLIE SCOTT]
Supporting Female (50 - 55)
Charlie is the doctor in charge of Barra House, the facility where Milo goes to have his replica made. The procedure is a new one and Charlie is wrapped up in her facility being the fastest and most efficient way of making a double - whether or not that is the best for her clients. She often clashes with both
Dalton and Milo about her methods.

[RAFA]
Supporting Male (20 - 30) Asian
Rafa is Dr. Scott's lab assistant and is present for all of the memory extraction procedures that Milo and Jack go through.

[DALTON]
Supporting Male (40 - 50)
He is Dr. Scott's associate at Barra House. The two often clash over what is best for their clients, with Dalton worried that Charlie is too concerned with being the fastest at the procedure that she's not taking all of the proper precautions.

[HUGO]
Cameo Male (9)
Milo and Poppy's adorable son. He is also seen in Milo's memories to when he was born and growing up. He has a very close relationship with his parents, but especially his father.

[KATE]
Cameo Female (40 - 50)
Quite thin, frail. She is an earlier client of Dr. Scott's that Milo is introduced to as proof that the procedure can work. Her double is now living her life as the Estate Agent Woman.

[VICTOR]
Cameo Male (30 - 40)
Poppy's twin brother. He dies in a terrible motorbike crash.

[DR. NAKAMURA]
Cameo Female (40 - 50) Asian
A doctor, seen meeting with Milo about his terminal disease.