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New Line Productions, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary of Time Warner
IndustryTheatrical distribution, marketing, home video
Founded1967
FounderRobert Shaye Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
New York, NY
,
USA
Key people
Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne, Chairmen and co-CEOs
ParentTurner Broadcasting System
WarnerMedia Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.warnerbros.com/company/divisions/motion-pictures#new-line-cinema Edit this on Wikidata

New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. It is 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 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy that brought added prestige to the studio. Prior to this, New Line was responsible for the cult classic Dark City, the hit Austin Powers films, and the fantasy Pleasantville, among others.

One of the company's early successes was its distribution of the parodic 1936 anti-pot 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.

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 Alliance Atlantis in Canada) to distribute its product overseas.

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