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On January 28, 1994, New Line Cinema was acquired by the Turner Broadcasting System for $500 million, [31] [32] 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 Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment eventually became units of ...
In 1996, New Line's parent company, Turner Broadcasting, was acquired by the media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. for over $7 billion. Time Warner quickly dissolved Turner's film unit, Turner Pictures, into its Warner Brothers studio. Next it announced that it was considering selling New Line Cinema.
The following month, the company got its first public notice in a blurb, buried deep on a page of Variety, stating simply that “New Line Cinema Corp. registered to do business in New York.”¹ At this moment, the company was more of an aspiration than an organization dedicated to distributing films.
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This is a list of films and television series produced, co-produced and/or distributed by New Line Cinema.
New Line produced the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, which generated a combined worldwide box office of almost $3 billion, followed by a trilogy of films based on “The Hobbit,” which also generated nearly $3 billion in global receipts.
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Feb 29, 2008 · New Line’s staff of 600 will be vastly scaled back and the company will no longer greenlight, market or distribute its own movies. Although New Line executives will continue to oversee the ...
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Aug 18, 1993 · The directors of Turner Broadcasting System on Tuesday approved the purchases of New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, establishing cable mogul Ted Turner as a major force in...
