If they just chose Brad right it would have been already on air. But no, Amazon has to do things the very hard way.
It's sad too, because Brad Wright already wrote a script for the show, in fact he has multiple different stories throughout the years that he thought about using.
But Amazon for whatever reason just hate him, and they want to change the story essentially reboot it, which is a terrible idea for a franchise that has a fan base like ours.
As passionate is this fan base is, we've never been able to get a decent video game because we are very particular about how that game should be same way with how the show should be, and most people would agree that they want Brad right at the helm and not some random person Amazon pics.