Boy it seems they are having real big time problems with the DS screenplay ... Is it the plot-the storyline should have been approved like 2 years ago.
This is purely my take on what might be going on with the script - but it is based on remarks that we've seen in a few different reports. I don't think that it's necessarily that the script is bad or that there are big problems with it. I strongly suspect that they're trying to make the script as different as possible from a certain current and hugely successful vampire franchise - particularly when they have hopes of DS becoming a franchise. A script/storyline which could have been thought to be perfect two years ago may not be seen as perfect now because
Twilight has become such a phenomenon and DS and T have much in common. The fact that T beat DS to the gate could easily cause audiences to see DS as a T ripoff (only with adults) even though DS and its storylines preceded T by decades - DS went into development before T - and, if anything, T rips off DS, not the other way around. But actual facts like those will be irrelevant to the target audience who are simply focused on the recent timeline of events - namely T's explosion on the movie scene. I believe they're trying to differentiate the DS script from T as much as possible while still remaining true to DS - and it may be taking some doing to maintain the balance. But like KMR, I'm heartened to know that TPTB are more concerned with getting it right than rushing into production...