New Line Cinema

New Line Productions, Inc.
	Logo used since 2024
Trade name	New Line Cinema
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film; Television
Founded	June 18, 1967 in New York City, United States (as a stand-alone studio); February 28, 2008 (as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures)
Founder	Robert Shaye
Defunct	February 28, 2008 (as a stand-alone studio)
Fate	Merged into Warner Bros. Pictures; currently active as a unit of the latter
Successor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Headquarters	4000 Warner Blvd, Burbank, California, United States
Key people	Richard Brener (president and CCO)
Products	Motion pictures; Television programs
Parent	Turner Entertainment (1994–1996); Time Warner (1996–2008); Warner Bros. (2008–2022); Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group (2022–present);
Divisions	New Line Television (1988–2008); Fine Line Features (1991–2005); New Line Home Entertainment (1990–2010);
Website	www.warnerbros.com/company/divisions/motion-pictures#new-line-cinema
	Footnotes / references;

New Line Productions, Inc.,^[1] doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, a division of the "Big Five" film studio Warner Bros., which, in turn, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). It is headquartered in Burbank, California.

The studio was founded on June 18, 1967 by Robert Shaye in New York City, and has been operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures since 2008. After 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.^[5]

New Line Cinema is currently one of the four live-action film studios within the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, the others being Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and a minority stake in Spyglass Media Group. The studio has been nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built" due to the success of the Nightmare on Elm Street film series.^[6] However, its most successful property was a film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien with considerable commercial success and numerous Academy Awards.

^ ^a ^b "NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC". OpenCorporates. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
^ Billington, Alex (February 28, 2008). "It's Official – New Line Cinema is Dead!". FirstShowing.net. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.
^ "New Line Productions Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "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.

[Legal-1] "NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC". OpenCorporates. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

[FirstShowing.net-2] Billington, Alex (February 28, 2008). "It's Official – New Line Cinema is Dead!". FirstShowing.net. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.

[3] "New Line Productions Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[4] "Warner Bros. Entertainment Executives". WarnerMedia. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

[5] "History of New Line Cinema, Inc. – FundingUniverse". Fundinguniverse.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2016.

[:0-6] 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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