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  • May 2008

    • This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

      Forbes  |  May 27, 08 10:12 PM CDT

      This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

      (Newser) - For the innumerable entities cashing in on Sex and the City, the movie due out Friday is the tip of the multimillion-dollar iceberg, reports Forbes. New Line Cinema, which has tie-in deals with eight companies, compares the likely blockbuster to “the Super Bowl for women.” Other high-end beneficiaries include Vivienne Westwood and, of course, Manolo Blahnik. More »

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      television  • tourism  • HBO  • Sex and the City  • fashion designer  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • Kim Cattrall  • New Line Cinema  • product placement

  • March 2008

    • Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

      Variety  |  Mar 2, 08 5:18 PM CST

      Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

      (Newser) - Semi-Pro shot to number one at the weekend box office but played worse than expected for New Line, banking just $15.3 million, Bloomberg reports. "It's just Will Ferrell in another funny costume," one analyst said. "The act appeared a bit rote this time." An R-rating and poor reviews may have also hurt the sports laffer, Variety reports. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • Warner Brothers  • Will Ferrell  • New Line Cinema

  • February 2008

    • Warners Swallows New Line

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST

      Warners Swallows New Line

      (Newser) - New Line Cinema, the studio that created the Lord of the Rings blockbuster franchise, will be folded into the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's a cost-cutting move and part of a trend that has seen DreamWorks swallowed by Viacom, and Miramax downsized by Disney. Founder Bob Shaye will leave the company. More »

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      Sony  • Disney  • Comcast  • Time Warner  • Viacom  • Warner Brothers  • DreamWorks  • New Line Cinema  • MGM  • Lord of the Rings  • Miramax  • Austin Powers

    • Tolkien Heirs Sue Rings Studio Over Profits

      Variety  |  Feb 12, 08 5:51 AM CST

      Tolkien Heirs Sue Rings Studio Over Profits

      (Newser) - Heirs of author JRR Tolkien and publisher HarperCollins are suing the studio that made the Lord of the Rings films, claiming New Line Cinema cheated them out of $150 million in profit participation, Variety reports. The Tolkien Trust, a charity set up by the author's children, is also seeking a decision by a Los Angeles court allowing it to halt any further New Line adaptations of the author's works, including the The Hobbit , which is scheduled to be produced by Peter Jackson for New Line. More »

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      lawsuit  • HarperCollins  • New Line Cinema  • Lord of the Rings

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Compass Film Strips Book's Anti-God Moral

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Nov 9, 07 9:58 PM CST

      Compass Film Strips Book's Anti-God Moral

      (Newser) - When the film version of hit children’s book The Golden Compass hits theaters this month, its atheist message will be thoroughly scrubbed—but the author is mainly holding his tongue. Philip Pullman says New Line would have scored a bigger hit by preserving God and clergy as villains, but he’s remaining “sensible” so not to jeopardize future adaptations, the Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin reports. More »

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      Hollywood  • New Line Cinema  • atheism  • Golden Compass  • Philip Pullman

  • October 2007

    • McKellen Eager to Play Gandalf in The Hobbit

      Reuters  |  Oct 15, 07 9:05 PM CDT

      McKellen Eager to Play Gandalf in The Hobbit

      (Newser) - Ian McKellen wants to play Gandalf again if The Hobbit film ever gets greenlit, the Los Angeles Times reports. A bitter royalties battle with New Line Cinema may stop director Peter Jackson from directing the flick, but no matter: He told McKellen to "play Gandalf whether I direct or not." The film is is "looking more and more likely" to happen, McKellen says, with or without Jackson. More »

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      New Line Cinema  • Peter Jackson

  • August 2007

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