. ▁was ▁committed ▁to ▁adapt ing ▁It ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁feature ▁film , ▁K aj gan ich ▁began ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁structure ▁that ▁would ▁accommod ate ▁such ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁characters ▁in ▁two ▁different ▁time ▁periods , ▁around ▁ 1 2 0 ▁pages , ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁st ip ulations . ▁K aj gan ich ▁worked ▁with ▁Lin , ▁Lee , ▁and ▁Dav ison ▁on ▁The ▁In vas ion ▁( 2 0 0 7 ), ▁and ▁he ▁knew ▁they ▁would ▁champion ▁good ▁story t elling , ▁and ▁allow ▁him ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁work ▁out ▁a ▁solid ▁first ▁draft ▁of ▁the ▁screen play . ▁K aj gan ich ▁spoke ▁of ▁the ▁re make ▁being ▁set ▁in ▁the , ▁" mid - 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁mirror ing ▁the ▁twenty - odd - year ▁gap ▁King ▁uses ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁care ▁and ▁attention ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁back st ories ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁characters ." ▁ ▁K aj gan ich ▁also ▁mentioned ▁that ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁wished ▁for ▁the ▁adaptation ▁to ▁be ▁r ated ▁R ▁which ▁he ▁further ed ▁by ▁saying , ▁" we ▁can ▁really ▁honor ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁eng age ▁with ▁the ▁tra um as ▁that ▁these ▁characters ▁end ure .", ▁while ▁K aj gan ich ▁spoke ▁of ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁wanting ▁the ▁adaptation ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁film . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ,