A LITTLE UNDER 10 years ago, Michael Showalter realized the time had come to give up on his Hollywood dreams and start taking whatever work he could find to pay the bills. His latest movie, Spoiler Alert, centers around a TV reporter, played by Jim Parsons, whose husband dies of cancer at a young age. So began an extremely frustrating period for Showalter, where Comedy Central picked up two of his shows — 2005’s Stella and 2009’s Michael & Michael Have Issues — and canceled both after a handful of episodes. Parsons, who also co-produced the movie, worried Showalter wouldn’t want to tackle another film set around illness. But Showalter loved the book, and relished the chance to tell a story with almost no comedic elements whatsoever.

Source: The Star December 02, 2022 23:38 UTC