What PR or article said studio approval was anticipated more quickly?
Also, you said "It wasn't impossible at the time the articles I'm referring to were written" please post those articles.
Also, you said "Had the approval occurred early in 2007 as was the thinking at the time" (who's thinking and when did they say they thinked it) please post the article or PR that confirms that statement.
Posting the above requested articles/PR's will definitely clear things up for me.