ifmagazine.com reports on something Nathanson said in a recent interview with the LA Times:
"ANOTHER 'INDIANA JONES' SCRIBE SPEAKS OUT ON BEING REJECTED FOR 'INDY 4'"
I find it a bit misleading to compare this situation to the one with Darabont. I guess it would be helpful to read the full LA times article to know what Nathanson actually said and felt about the rewrite. After all it would be interesting to know to what extent and why (due to Lucas' demand? why?) the rewrite was ordered. I mean...rewriting isn't really an unusual thing to do in the industry...
Carl Cortez ifmagazine contributor quoting and retelling the interview said:"That's one of those movies [RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] that got me into the movie business," Nathanson tells the LOS ANGELES TIMES. "So I had, like the greatest year of my life. I had so much fun."
While Spielberg blessed the script, as he had with Darabont's draft, it was Lucas who was still holding out for a screemwriting hero to come in a reinvigorate the franchise and passed on Nathanson's draft.
"When you're working on a blockbuster-sized film, it's always a struggle," he explains. "It really is like moving mountains. And if it were easy to move mountains, the Swiss Alps would be in Westwood and all the agents would ski at lunch."
"ANOTHER 'INDIANA JONES' SCRIBE SPEAKS OUT ON BEING REJECTED FOR 'INDY 4'"
I find it a bit misleading to compare this situation to the one with Darabont. I guess it would be helpful to read the full LA times article to know what Nathanson actually said and felt about the rewrite. After all it would be interesting to know to what extent and why (due to Lucas' demand? why?) the rewrite was ordered. I mean...rewriting isn't really an unusual thing to do in the industry...