There's a difference between getting some basic advice from someone on the series (Ron Gilbert spent like 3 days at Telltale talking about the story and giving some puzzle ideas) and Telltale actually hiring on someone to do significant writing for them, which is what's being discussed here.
Certainly I expect Telltale to try to run their concepts by people like Josh Mandel or Roberta Williams, but they're not going to make any attempt to actually bring them on full time to help with the project. Telltale has their own writers and directors, and bringing in someone else from the outside (even someone as awesome as Josh Mandel) would cause serious internal problems for them.
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