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 planning to release the film later this year.
Linda Evans and Michael Urie also star. Magnolia is also handling foreign sales.Swan Song follows retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Mister Pat Pitsenbarger (Kier) who has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home.
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