June 18, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-06-18) in New York City, United States (as a separate studio) February 29, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-02-29) (as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures)
Founder
Robert Shaye
Defunct
February 29, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-02-29) (as a separate studio)[1]
Fate
Absorbed into Warner Bros. Pictures;[1] currently active as a unit of the latter
Successor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Headquarters
4000 Warner Blvd,
Burbank, California
,
United States
Key people
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy (co-chairpersons and CEOs, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group)
New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Since 2008, it has been operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures.
It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in 1994; Turner later merged with Time Warner (later known as WarnerMedia from 2018 to 2022, and Warner Bros. Discovery since 2022) in 1996, and New Line was merged with Warner Bros. Pictures in 2008.[4] The studio has been nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built" due to the success of the Nightmare on Elm Street film series.[5] However, their most successful property was their film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien with considerable commercial success and numerous Academy Awards.
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^"Warner Bros. Entertainment Executives". WarnerMedia. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
^"History of New Line Cinema, Inc. – FundingUniverse". Fundinguniverse.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
^Kit, Borys (July 21, 2016). "How New Line Cinema Is Making a Killing in Horror". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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