Few directors like Tarantino, Lynch, and Burton have managed to create entire worlds of their own, ones whose trademarks we feel right away. Worlds that seem like most of those signature traits are the result of the collaboration between director and writer, and how could it be any other way? Most of the time the two are the same person.
Development hell is an industry jargon commonly used by key players to depict the extensive process of shaping a material or script into its best possible form before it gets the coveted green light for production.