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"New Line" redirects here. For other uses, see New Line (disambiguation).
| New Line Productions, Inc. | |
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| Type | Subsidiary of Time Warner |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters |  New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Industry | Theatrical distribution, marketing, home video |
New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, was one of the major American film studios. Though it initially began as an independent film studio, it became a subsidiary of Time Warner. On February 28 2008, due mainly to the decision to sell the international rights to the Golden Compass film, surpassing $250 million for a total of $331 million worldwide to date, the company was folded into corporate sibling Warner Bros.,http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120269302876657799.html?mod=googlenews_wsj maintaining separate operations such as development, production, marketing, distribution and business affairs. Founders Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne no longer serve as the company\'s co-chairmen and co-CEOs.
New Line Cinema operates several divisions, including theatrical distribution, marketing, home video, and a unit specializing in independent film called Picturehouse (formerly known as Fine Line Features) with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO.
Unlike other independent studios such as Orion Pictures, Carolco Pictures, or Cannon Films, New Line Cinema has grown and prospered to become one of Hollywood\'s major film studios, culminating in the hit Lord of the Rings film trilogy that brought prestige to the studio. Prior to this, New Line was responsible for the cult classic Dark City, the Austin Powers film trilogy, the fantasy Pleasantville, the Nightmare on Elm Street series, the films of John Waters, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.
One of the company\'s early successes was its distribution of the parodic 1936 anti-Cannabis propaganda film Reefer Madness, which became a cult hit on American college campuses in the early 1970s. The studio has also released many of the films of John Waters (not including Cry-Baby which was released by Universal Pictures). A Nightmare on Elm Street was New Line\'s first commercially-successful series, leading the company to be nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".
In 1994, New Line Cinema was acquired by Ted Turner\'s Turner Broadcasting System, which then merged with Time Warner in 1996. While fellow Turner-owned studios Hanna-Barbera Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment eventually became absorbed into Warner Bros. (though Castle Rock operates today as a subsidiary of WB), New Line was kept as its own entity until February 28, 2008 when Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes announced that New Line would become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and that Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne would no longer be in charge of the company.http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-newline29feb29,1,2406444.story?track=rss
In 2007, New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment collaborated on Fracture, their first joint venture since the mid-1990s before both companies were bought by Turner.
Outside the U.S., New Line does not distribute its own films. Rather, it contracts other studios such as Entertainment Film Distributors in the UK, Warner Bros. in German-speaking areas, Singapore, Poland, and the Czech Republic, Village Roadshow Pictures in Australia and New Zealand, Alliance Atlantis in Canada and Playarte in Brazil to distribute its product overseas.
For a number of years, the studio\'s video releases were distributed in the U.S. by RCA-Columbia Pictures Home Video (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). New Line Cinema celebrated its 40th Anniversary at the same logo on October 5, 2007. The number is written "40" in white Edwardian Script ITC font, the letters "th" flashes in the same logo, the words "ANNIVERSARY" fades in on the bottom of the words "40th" in red Rockwell font at the end. On January 5, 2008, New Line Cinema announced, as did its parent company Warner Bros., they will exclusively support Blu-ray Disc for their films and drop support of HD DVD.http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/show/New_Line/Industry_Trends/New_Line_Details_Transition_to_Blu-ray/1351
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It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article entitled List of films released by New Line Cinema. (Discuss) |
(All films released after April 25 2008 will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.)
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