Elanor wrote:
I was very excited to hear this. it seemed to me the movie was crawling along - maybe now it will proceed as they had originally estimated.
I wouldn't expect a sudden surge in visible progress. They still have to finish the script (or at least get it approved), get the official "green light", finish casting, etc. From the hints we've gotten these are underway, but they have to be finished before production can start. That's not to minimize the significance of this though.
I'm hopeful that the start of filming date of
March 2010 will work out so we can start finding out more.