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« on: January 17, 2010, 07:30:04 PM »
I would say that, if the reports that the script is going through rewrites are true, and I don't see why we should doubt them, then they don't have a script because it's still being worked on. And that's nothing out of the ordinary. John August probably did indeed present them with a completed script - but I think it was GK that described that script as the first draft - and it's not unusual for scripts to go through several drafts before the actual filmable script (meaning the one that all parties agree on) is finalized. I don't think GK has ever been saying that he hasn't seen any script or that they don't have any script. He means they don't have that final script yet.
Actually, if we want to go by the first two, the precedent for DS films would seem to be that the scripts are still being worked on even after production has already begun. NoDS began production on March 29, 1971, and there are significant rewrites in the script that are dated March 31st. And hoDS began shooting on March 23, 1970, but there are major rewrites in that script (which in and of itself is indicated to be a second draft) that are dated March 25th.