Warner Bros. This is a great story because every agent in town had passed on this script. Luckily, I set up a huge spec release where every producer was fighting to get this script. Then every agent in the business came out of the woodwork to sign my client. Yes, that's what I meant when I said often a script goes through a couple drafts with my development execs before I release it to the market. A script needs to be perfect to succeed in today's marketplace, and you need all the help you can get.
Some scripts never reach that point and that's too bad.
We do everything possible to get the writer there, but the ones that make it are very successful. My readers are all very trusted and experienced. If a script can't get past a reader, then it certainly won't get past me or a producer. We are far harsher critics of material. I've never heard of anyone else helping their writers with anything even close.