It eventually earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay from real-life couple Emily V. Showalter directed last year’s unconventional romantic comedy The Big Sick for Amazon, which started in limited theatrical release, but ended up doing better than expected at the box office, thanks to word-of-mouth and social media praise. David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage are writing the screenplay, while Ausiello himself with serve as an executive producer alongside Alison Mo Massey. Showalter will also produce with Jordana Mollick through his Semi-Formal Productions company. Deadline reports that the studio has come out on top of a competitive race to acquire the rights, and now the project is ready to move forward.Īusiello, who’s the President and Editorial Director of TVLine, wrote a bittersweet tragicomedy that chronicled his years-long relationship with photographer Kit Cowan, framed around the 11-month span of time from his cancer diagnosis to his eventual death.įilmmaker Michael Showalter will direct the adaptation, which will star Jim Parsons ( The Big Bang Theory), who initially optioned the book last year as a starring vehicle for himself. The adaptation of Michael Ausiello’s acclaimed memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies has found a home at Focus Features.
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