Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies isn’t really a happy story, but it’s a true one, and it’s about queer love in the face of the unthinkable. It began life as a memoir from writer Michael Ausiello, about the 11-month period between diagnosis and death from cancer for his partner, photographer Kit Cowan. And now it’s going to be a film starring Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons. Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) will direct and produce the screenplay by David Marshall Grant (A Million Little Things) and Dan Savage. But it’s not all going to be about illness. The story covers the expanse of Cowan and Ausiello’s 14-year-long relationship and the million little things that go into building a life together that’s strong enough to deal with the worst possible doctor’s news. We’ll be there with a box of tissue.
Spending a Late Night with Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling
Lesbian filmmaker Nisha Ganatra (Chutney Popcorn, Transparent) has a new project premiering at The Sundance Film Festival. It’s called Late Night, it stars (and was written by) Mindy Kaling, and the story revolves around a talk show host (Emma Thompson), on the verge of having her series cancelled. A new writer (Kaling), the lone person of color as well as the sole woman, comes on staff as a “diversity hire” and shakes up the show’s production. Co-starring John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Denis O’Hare and Amy Ryan, it’s a personal project for Kaling, whose career has been spent maneuvering around similar white, male obstacles. She even wrote the film specifically with Thompson in mind because she’s a fan and wanted to work with her – in other words it’s the opposite of Hollywood moviemaking by committee and exactly the sort of thing that earns its way into Sundance.
Romeo San Vicente is at his best after dark.
source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/01/02/jim-parsons-delivers-a-spoiler-alert/
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