The only thing I find upsetting about the movie, so far, is that John August is working on it
I initially shared that same concern. But once I realized that August had also been the writer/director of
The Nines, a film I think was well done, and probably as different from some of his other work as it could possibly be, I felt more confident that he could handle DS. And the repeated reports that he's working really hard and consulting with Depp and Burton to be sure to get everything right have me even more confident that he can work out quite nicely. I'm definitely keeping a very open and hopeful mind.
and that it seems that if they really wanted to make it they wouldn't keep delaying it. I'm starting to wonder if it will ever be made.
Well, if the post-production process for
Alice in Wonderland hadn't turned out to be so complicated, chances are that the Depp/DS film would be either in production or very close to production right now. That's what we were told back in June. But unforeseen things happen in the movie industry all the time, and films are often getting delayed for one reason or another, so it's not like the unforeseen and unexpected delays are something new. Irritating, yes!
But new, no.