mclay18
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David Koepp and James Vanderbilt were brought in by Sony. Don't know about David Lindsay-Abaire.
However, he was officially hired back in November '08 and should be further along than the "earliest writing stages" if he's in fact still on-board - what it being March '09 and all.
The only thing is that Koepp was initially in negotiations to write the fourth movie in 2007, but they fell through. I don't think Koepp even had an outline, let alone a finished draft when negotiations fell through. From what it seems, Vanderbilt delivered a draft to Sony but couldn't do rewrites because of several other projects he was tied to.
From what it seems, Abaire was either approached by the producers, had a pitch that Sony execs liked or he was brought in to rewrite Vanderbilt's draft. I have a feeling it was the first reason, hence Raimi's recent comments about "figuring out the story and villains."