Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Todd Spiewak's That's Wonderful Productions have optioned the film rights to Michael Ausiello's memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, with Parsons attached to star, Deadline reported. Parsons and Spiewak are producing, and Ausiello will executive produce.
Spoiler Alert is set during the 11-month span between Ausiello's partner, photographer Kit Cowan, receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis and his death, interwoven with memories of their 14-year relationship.
"All of us here at Deadline, and our parent company PMC for that matter, adore Ausiello," the publication noted. "We watched him grapple with grief over the loss of the love of his life, and admired how he channeled his emotions into a testament to Cowan and the life they built together. Getting the chance to see that memorialized onscreen seems a wonderful epitaph."