New Line Cinama Full Filmography List
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New Line Productions, Inc., doing business asNew 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 Entertainment (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. The studio has been nicknamed "The House that FreddyBuilt" due to the success of the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. 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.
New Line Cinema was established in 1967 by the then 27-year-old Robert Shaye as a film distribution company, supplying foreign and art films for college campuses in the United States. Shaye operated New Line's offices out of his apartment at 14th Street and Second Avenue in New York City.
In 1976, New Line secured funding to produce its first full-length feature, Stunts (1977), directed by Mark L. Lester.
New Line expanded its film production in the early 1980s, producing or co-producing films including Polyester, directed by John Waters, and Alone in the Dark. A Nightmare on Elm Street was produced and released by New Line Cinema in 1984. The resulting franchise was New Line Cinema's first commercially successful series, leading the company to be nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".
In November 1990, New Line Cinema purchased a 52% stake in the television production company RHI Entertainment (now Halcyon Studios), which would later be sold to Hallmark Cards in 1994. In early 1991, Fine Line Features was set up as a wholly owned subsidiary headed by Ira Deutchmanand released films including Jane Campion's An Angel at My Table and Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho.
In May 1991, New Line Cinema purchased the home video and foreign rights to 600 films held by Sultan Entertainment Holdings (a.k.a. Nelson Entertainment). The deal also included an 11-film distribution deal with Castle Rock Entertainment. On November 27, 1991, New Line Cinema purchased Sultan outright.
On January 28, 1994, New Line Cinema was acquired by the Turner Broadcasting System for $500 million, which later merged with Time Warner Entertainment in 1996. New Line Cinema was kept as its own separate entity, while fellow Turner-owned studios Hanna-Barbera Productionsand Castle Rock Entertainment eventually became units of Warner Bros.
On February 28, 2008, Time Warner's CEO at the time, Jeffrey Bewkes, announced that New Line Cinema would be shut down as a separately operated studio. The last film released by New Line Cinema as a free-standing company was the Will Ferrell film Semi-Pro. After that New line Cinema has been operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures.
On May 8, 2008, it was announced that Picturehouse would shut down in the fall. Berney later bought the Picturehouse trademarks from Warner Bros. and relaunched the company in 2013.
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The Virgin Presiden 1968
Brandy in the Wilderness 1971
Mississippi Summer 1971
Pink Flamingos 1972
Tattooed Hit Man 1977
The Scenic Route 1978
Servant and Mistress 1978
Hurray for Betty Boop 1980
Underground U.S.A 1980
Bronson Lee, Champion 1982
The First Time 1983
Dear Maestro 1984
Ferestadeh 1984
Half a Life 1984
Crime Killer 1985
Return to Waterloo 1985
Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil 1987
A Sinful Life 1989
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl 1990
Fools of Fortune 1990
Shadow of China 1991
Naked Tango 1991
Force on Force 1994
Rave, Dancing to a Different Beat 1994
Raven’s Blood 1997