NEW LINE CINEMA

'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 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.
New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment have recently collaborated on Fracture (film), opening April 20th; their first joint venture since the mid-1990s before both companies were bought by Turner.
Outside the US, New Line does not distribute its own films. Rather, it contracts other studios (like 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 (many times) 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.

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Notable Films

See also

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Notable Films

★ ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series

★ ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (2000)

★ ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1996) (co-production with Savoy Pictures and The Kushner-Locke Company)

★ ''A History of Violence'' (2005)

★ ''American History X'' (1998)

★ ''About Schmidt'' (2002)

★ ''The Lord of the Rings film trilogy'' (2001-2003)

★ ''The Austin Powers series'' (1997-2002)

★ ''Blade Trilogy'' (1998-2004)

★ ''Blow'' (2001)

★ ''Boogie Nights'' (1997)

★ ''Book of Love'' (1990) (directed by New Line CEO Robert Shaye)

★ ''Critters'' (1986)

★ ''Detroit Rock City'' (1999)

★ ''Dumb & Dumber'' and ''

★ ''Elf'' (2004)

★ ''The Evil Dead'' (1981)

★ ''Female Trouble'' by John Waters (1974)

★ ''Final Destination series'' (2000-2006)

★ '' Fracture'' (2007)

★ ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003)

★ ''Friday'' (1995)

★ ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992)

★ ''Hairspray'' (1988)

★ ''Hairspray'' (2007)

★ ''Harold and Kumar go to White Castle'' (2004)

★ ''Harold & Kumar 2'' (2008)

★ ''The Hidden'' (1987)

★ ''The Hidden II'' (1994)

★ '' (1993)

★ ''Jason X'' (2002)

★ ''Little Children'' (2006holy crap)

★ ''Lost In Space'' (1998)

★ ''Magnolia'' (1999)

★ ''The Mask'' (1994)

★ ''Mortal Kombat'' (1995)

★ '' (1997)

★ ''Monster-in-Law'' (2005)

★ ''Multiple Maniacs'' (1970)

★ ''Mr. Nanny'' (1993)

★ ''The New World'' (2005)

★ ''No Holds Barred'' (1989)

★ ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006, through Picturehouse)

★ ''Pink Flamingos'' (1972) by John Waters

★ ''The Player'' (1992) by Robert Altman

★ ''Polyester'' (1981)

★ ''Rush Hour'' series

★ ''The Sea Inside''

★ ''Se7en'' (1995)

★ ''Snakes on a Plane'' (2006)

★ ''Spawn'' (1997)

★ ''Suburban Commando'' (1991)

★ ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' live action films

★ ''The Notebook'' (2004)

★ ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1973) (distributor) (1980 re-release)

★ ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003)

★ '' (2006)

★ ''The Upside of Anger''

★ ''Wedding Crashers''

★ ''The Wedding Singer'' (1998)

★ ''Willard'' (2003)

★ ''The Players Club'' (1998)

★ ''Menace II Society'' (1993)

★ '' My Family'' (1995)

See also

★ New Line Television

★ Picturehouse (with HBO)

★ Fine Line Features

External links

★ Official website

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