http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sony-tom-rothman-first-interview-1201509519/
. Among those killed since Rothman took over are a bigscreen adaptation of “Little House on the Prairie,” to be produced by Rudin, over concerns about its $45 million pricetag; Roland Emmerich’s “Singularity,” due to creative differences over the direction of the nanotechnology thriller; Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s “Five Against a Bullet,” which was scrapped because it was too similar to a remake of “The Professional”; and “Christian the Lion” a family film from producer Neal Moritz, which Rothman felt would be too difficult to slot into a key release date, since the best windows for family viewing are already dominated by big animated features from other studios.