Casino Royale

Columbia Pictures has a reason to let out a breath of relief. With the WGA strike possibly only a day or two out, Paul Haggis dropped off a finished draft of the Bond 22 script. Sweet relief! But what about the other tentpoles currently giving scribes writer cramps?

Bond 22 Script One of Many
Haggis might be first in, but there are tons of other big scribes feverishly dotting 'i's and crossing 't's to get their scripts done and polished. The scripts have been pouring into studios for quick reads and edits before being rushed straight back to the writers for adjustments. For once it seems like everybody in Hollywood is not only on the same page, but all are working extremely hard for a common goal -- get solid scripts completed in a timely manner.

"I'm getting drafts in, and I'm flipping them around like crazy," said one Hollywood exec.

"Normally, you'd give notes and they go off and they write, take their time, do some things in the notes and not others," another studio exec said. "Everyone is playing for the same team now. That way, we have our best shot at making a movie."