if DS is indeed "a project everyone wants to see done right", that's the best possible thing to hope for!
Exactly. And circumstantially, at least, it is very plausible - particularly when one considers that August's other script projects at the moment are
Frankenweenie and the earliest stages of
Preacher.
I don't think there is any chance they will call attention to what they said before- I think they'll just report the new news as it happens.
That's pretty much my feeling too. But wouldn't it be fascinating if someone actually owned up to inadvertently causing an Internet frenzy of misinformation?