New Line Cinema

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New Line Productions, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary of Time Warner
Founded1967
HeadquartersImage:Flag of the United States.svg New York City, New York, U.S.
Key peopleRobert Shaye and Michael Lynne, Chairmen and co-CEOs
IndustryTheatrical distribution, marketing, home video

New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. Though it initially began as an independent film studio, it is currently a subsidiary of Time Warner. The current co-chairmen and co-CEOs are founders Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne.

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.

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.

Also in 2007 New Line believed that a Nicole Kidman fantasy movie, The Golden Compass', would become its newest franchise. The film adaptation of the first part of the His Dark Materials ' trilogy" , The Golden Compass'.

U.S. revenues have been a disappointment in relation to the large budget for the film ($180 million USD). [1]

International sales, however, have been very impressive. [2] As of January 3, 2008, The Golden Compass has earned $62,075,000 in North America and $195,465,902 elsewhere, totalling $257,540,902 worldwide.[3]

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 US by RCA-Columbia Pictures Home Video (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). New Line Cinema celebrates 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.

Contents

[edit] Films

[edit] Single

[edit] Upcoming movies

[edit] Franchises

[edit] Austin Powers

Main article: Austin Powers series

[edit] A Nightmare on Elm Street

Main article: A Nightmare on Elm Street (series)

[edit] Blade

Main article: Blade Trilogy

[edit] Friday

[edit] Friday the 13th

[edit] House Party

[edit] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[edit] Rush Hour

[edit] The Lord of the Rings

Main article: The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

[edit] Hairspray

[edit] Harold and Kumar

[edit] Final Destination

Main article: Final Destination series

[edit] John Waters

Main article: John Waters (filmmaker)

[edit] Dumb and Dumber

[edit] The Hidden

[edit] Mortal Kombat

[edit] The Mask

[edit] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[edit] The Butterfly Effect

[edit] Critters

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Sander, Peter. "New Line and Director Settle 'Rings' Suit, Look to 'Hobbit'", Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2007.
  2. ^ Dave McNary. "Foreign box office hits record levels", Variety, 2008-01-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 
  3. ^ Golden Compass at boxofficemojo.com. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.

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[edit] External links

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