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New Line Cinema Calls It Quits

by Jen Yamato | February 28, 2008

Summary

It was announced today that troubled Golden Compass studio New Line Cinema will be consolidated into Warner Bros., with heads Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne leaving the company. Back to Article

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AquaFina writes:
on Feb 28 2008 05:56 PM

Wow...weird.

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John Z. Delorean writes:
on Feb 28 2008 06:05 PM

4 real..they've put out some big money flicks.

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islandhome writes:
on Feb 28 2008 06:06 PM

damn the house that freedy built is just a fading dream

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islandhome writes:
on Feb 28 2008 06:10 PM

um freddy

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Feb 28 2008 07:29 PM

I'm suprised, and sad at the same time. I know it won't really effect upcoming films, but i always liked seeing the new line movie logo before rush hour and such. I loved it before lord of the rings. The dramatic logo would set in with the dramatic music and show that new line logo, all dark. I know it sounds lame, but i liked it. So long New Line.

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deneco4 writes:
on Feb 28 2008 07:32 PM

Golden Compass sucked.

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baufan2005 writes:
on Feb 28 2008 08:11 PM

Peter Jackson's money grubbing killed it.

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Shompy writes:
on Feb 28 2008 08:20 PM

baufan please kill yourself

thats the most retarded comment i've seen on the internet in a while.

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mofojoe85 writes:
on Feb 28 2008 08:20 PM

In reply to this comment (#1608246)
actually, new line's money grubbing killed it. Can't trust that creative hollywood accounting.

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Bulletproof_Animal writes:
on Feb 29 2008 12:45 AM

The Studio that tired to change Se7en's ending may burn, baby, burn. In the words of Nelson Muntz: "HAW-HAW"

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renny2077 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 01:36 AM

So what happens to the Lord of the Rings movie rights now?

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Coyote22 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 03:53 AM

I'm no lawyer but I'm sure the rights to LOTR will now be with Warner Bros. as New Line is absorbed into that studio.

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Spiderbash writes:
on Feb 29 2008 04:22 AM

Well this sucks.

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Some guy you dont know writes:
on Feb 29 2008 04:58 AM

Bye bye Freddy and Jason.

Countless deaths coundn't kill them... But New Lince could.

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Elixor writes:
on Feb 29 2008 05:49 AM

Why is Elf listed as a popular film?

I can't believe that this will kill the new Freddy movie plans (although maybe it should).

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Shatter24 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 07:10 AM

New Line stuck a finger up (Bob Shaye especially) at Peter Jackson and didn't appreciate the HUGE success his LOTR gave that studio and now look who's left standing when the dust clears. If New Line had a better relationship w/ Jackson, a better accounting department, and a little more discretion w/ what they chose to release for movies, maybe they wouldn't have screwed themselves. This is a case of studio heads shooting themselves in the foot.

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drtruebl writes:
on Feb 29 2008 08:15 AM

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Because it made >200 million worldwide.

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Elixor writes:
on Feb 29 2008 08:29 AM

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Yikes! Another reason why box office numbers are a sad, sad thing.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 29 2008 09:11 AM

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meh, it's a cute holiday movie that kids loved. Hardcore jaded movie nerds like us weren't really the target audience. Plus like it or not Will Farrell has a pretty dedicated fanbase all his own.

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vaodsi writes:
on Feb 29 2008 10:33 AM

Dude..... Elixor! New icon? i didn't recognize you!

anyway..... To bad this didn't happen a year or two ago, back when such a decision would have promised a speedy deal with Jackson to direct the Hobbit and a 2009 release date.

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Ashron writes:
on Feb 29 2008 10:56 AM

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Not to mention that it's probably the best movie Will Ferrell's done, next to Stranger Than Fiction.

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Elixor writes:
on Feb 29 2008 11:36 AM

Yeah, much like other people apparently, my uploaded image disappeared. I'm having a hard time recognizing people without their images also, lol. I could upload my old image, but I figured why not change. It's a whole new me :)

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Azlam Orlandu writes:
on Feb 29 2008 01:16 PM

Did anyone else see the Charlie Rose interview of Robert and Michael? They seem like two very down to Earth guys, they were even willing to address the Peter Jackson situation to a degree, although they didn't reveal anything we didn't already know.

As always, people, the truth falls somewhere in the middle as to who is to blame for these situations.

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Azlam Orlandu writes:
on Feb 29 2008 01:17 PM

Sorry for the double-post.

*Shoots self*

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arendr writes:
on Feb 29 2008 02:01 PM

Wonder if this has anything to do with that Peter Jackson squabble. Hmm........

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musiclc writes:
on Feb 29 2008 02:11 PM

sorry to disagree, but is your statement "the truth falls somewhere in the middle as to who is to blame for these situations" true or false?

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acton acton writes:
on Feb 29 2008 09:14 PM

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Freddy is being remade as we speak it is being written for a more dark freddy with no englund and warner owns the rights, Jason will be back too its just a name warner bros has more credibility anyways.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Feb 29 2008 10:32 PM

This is a really sad moment because as Jen Yamato noted this is the

studio produced that produced the first turtles movie and i will always

remember seeing those two black film reels criss cross and settle into the

familar black and blue object. and after seeing the 1st turtle movie, the

logo was forever in stitched in mind. And later on in my life, those

tremendous L.O.T.R. movies cemented that logo and company into my heart

forever. it's a really sad day for me, the couchtomatoe:(

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rgallitan writes:
on Feb 29 2008 10:38 PM

Wow. Incredible to believe they are folding only a few years after producing one of the two biggest franchises since... well, Star Wars, I think.

But it really does come down to bad business decisions. They got too ambitious too fast. They bet the farm and lost. Shame.

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rgallitan writes:
on Feb 29 2008 10:38 PM

And two more words:

Dark City.

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clamman27 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 11:14 PM

Wow... surprised and sad. New Line put out so many of the movies that I watched growing up and that inspired me to want to make horror films... the end of an era.

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Ratchetcomand writes:
on Mar 01 2008 08:58 AM

That too bad, i always did like New Line and i was talking about working for them as well.

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tayrank18 writes:
on Mar 01 2008 03:56 PM

i dont understand
people are saying that new line was angry with the amount of money LOTR raked in for them
how does that make sense....someone explain the truth for me

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High School With Money writes:
on Mar 01 2008 10:04 PM

... and then [i]Semi Pro[/i] made $400 million worldwide, but awwwww... no one there to claim the money. ;)

I don't get it. Wasn't New Line, up to that point, ALREADY a subsidiary of Warners? Looks like it will still live on (like Touchstone and Buena Vista), only its executives are 86ed. The difference being that this sort of legal tangle can only delay [i]The Hobbit[/i] just THHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT much longer, under another studio banner. Wonder if del Toro's contract will be in dispute.

As for the Peter Jackson deal, that's just a matter of relying on studio accountant departments instead of independent firms. If you do that, you might as well beg for "net" instead of "gross" backend profits. Oh and forego your director's fee while you're at it. And your director credit.

Hmmmm. Must've also been all that [i]Rings[/i] merch warming up the toy pegs that "Warners" went broke on.

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blake_mooney writes:
on Mar 02 2008 01:36 AM

Truly, one of the greatest movie studios of all time. You will be missed. :(

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amamamy writes:
on Mar 06 2008 08:00 PM

Robert Shaye...a down-to-earth guy? Forget it. I worked for New Line and I could tell you stories about the crap that went on there. I'm surprised this didn't happen years ago. Bob Shaye had an intern every year whose sole job was to walk his dog. The same dog that Bob Shaye forced his employees to sing Happy Birthday to every year. The same dog that Bob Shaye REFUSED to keep on a leash right up until the day it jumped off a cruise ship to its death.

New Line was full of nothing but back-stabbing, money-grubbing executives with not one ounce of creativity (except when it came to expense reports and accounting...then they got very creative). Seriously. It made me sick the whole time I worked there.

Has everyone forgotten the absolute toad Mike DeLuca?! Dropped trou for a BJ at a Christmas party in the backyard of the house of the president of Warner Brothers a few years ago? Got a freakin' promotion a few months later. There's your New Line.

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