New Line is dead

[Lavoruis]

Your thoughts?

[Woodwraith]

New Line is now flat line. :wink:

[WhiteKnight]

Is there a link I'm supposed to click or is this just idle chatter?

[fastcar]

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[Strider]

From what I understand, New Line is technically dead as a studio, but Warner Bros is going to keep the name for use as a distribution label.

[Nostromo]

Warner was worried about getting cannibalized by New Line. The success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy propelled the studio into the big league. New Line is contractually obliged to distribute "The Hobbit" but you can bet after that it will go on a diet and return to its roots. Sadly it looks like Hollywood is going back to the bad old days with a small group of owners running the whole show.

Next to fall .... Picturehouse. N :popcorn:


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[Lavoruis]

Here are some old friends New Line, is meeting now.
Media, Rko,Embassy, Orion, Artisian, Savoy, FullMoon. Etc.

[Nostromo]

Indeed. And who can forget ..............

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Cannon_Films.jpg

[whitetemplar78]

ahhh yes, Cannon, many a good Arrrnuld movie came out under that proud banner....ahhh the good ole days of mindless action and mayham:goodbye:

[sickness]

I miss Carolco and the douchenozzles who ran it. ... BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I CAN'T SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE!!!!

[Lavoruis]

Yeah, I forgot about Cannon, they did a alot of movies
What about Polygram?. I think Touchstone is dead too?
As for Carlco; I don't know? but two of dim wits of carlco are running C2

[sickness]

C2 is just their plaything which they might as well call Terminator Pictures. So far, their only non-Terminator productions have been I Spy and Basic Instinct 2.

I wouldn't call that running a production company. It's more like playing around with other people's money.

[mckracken]

strangely, I have a bunch of DVD's from Empire Pictures, Charles Band, Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon. I miss Empire Pictures.

[Nostromo]

Don't know why but I always like the Filmways logo. N :popcorn:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Filmways1.gif

[mckracken]

dont remember that one Nost... what did they push out?

[Lavoruis]

I think looking back; Media released more movies than new line
ever did . If it was not for media, nightmare on elm street would not
have existed.

[mckracken]

so Lav, whats this mean for the two part The Hobbit? I read that New Line cinema is still contractually obligated to distribute it but what other changes can we expect without Bob Shaye and the rest of the original New Liners?

[Immortal1982]

I can possibly see WB taking over. But heres the possible reason why New Line went down tthe way it did. Tolkien Family, Peter Jackson, Weinsteins, and most of the other groups involved with Lord of the Rings did not get payed for what they had earned with the films. And Time Warner couldn't account for the money.

[Lavoruis]

You won't see the hobbit 2 parter mckracken.....
till 2013
or they might abandon it totally .
To much bitching and back stabbing
I" don't think it's worth the effort

[Nostromo]

dont remember that one Nost... what did they push out?


Better known for producing 60's - 70's TV ... big screen work included a couple of gems like .... "Two Minute Warning" and "Ice Station Zebra". :popcorn: N

http://www.imdb.com/company/co0065715/

[SnakePlisskenX]

that's crazy...I can't believe it

[mckracken]

saw this on Yahoo and in the article they mentioned The Hobbit also being split into two films (although The Hobbit2 isnt really the sequel to the Hobbit at all)
-Mck

Last 'Harry Potter' Book Becomes 2 Films
Thursday March 13 5:50 AM ET


Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he'll star in eight films. The final book in the wildly successful series will be made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling's last "Potter" installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be split into two parts on the big screen. The first film is slated for release in November 2010, with part two following in May 2011.

"It was born out of purely creative reasons," producer David Heyman told the Times. "Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book."

The two final "Potter" films will be shot concurrently, much like the blockbuster trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings"

Another famous Tolkien tome, "The Hobbit" is also being split into two live-action movies set for back-to-back shooting to begin next year.

Filming on the sixth "Potter" flick, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," began in September.

"It's been brilliant," said star Daniel Radcliffe. "It's also, I think, the funniest of the films so far."

The "Potter" film franchise has pulled in $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office.

[Gentlemen Death]

There just trying to milk this franchise as much as possible before this series ends.....Oh well, its going to work! :lol: