Spoiler Alert: Michael Ausiello Talks Adapting Memoir Why He Loves Andor

Based on executive producer Michael Ausiellos bestselling memoir, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, the upcoming romantic drama, Spoiler Alert, stars Jim Parsons as Ausiello, an entertainment writer who has a romcomworthy meetcute with photographer Kit Cowan, portrayed in the film by Ben Aldridge. Like the memoir, the heartbreaking holiday movie chronicles the couples love story from their first fated moment, to their last, when Kit is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The movie also stars twotime Academy Awardwinner Sally Field and Bill Irwin. Before Spoiler Alert hits theaters on December 9, Colliders Steve Weintraub sat down with memoir author and executive producer Ausiello (also President and Editorial Director of TVLine) to discuss adapting his lifes story to the big screen. In the interview, Ausiello explains his handson approach to the film adaptation, while allowing screenwriters David Marshall Grant and Ben Savage pen the script, and discusses how Spoiler Alert avoids becoming a clich, 2