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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema stories: 9 news summaries

 Puck Pugilist's Vogue
 Gig Is Film Fodder 

Tough guy/fashionista Avery's stint at style mag generates romantic comedy

Sep 9, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Line Cinema will produce a romantic comedy based on hockey star Sean Avery’s summer internship at Vogue, the Hollywood Reporter notes. “I think it's great to be into something that you care about,” the fashion-savvy Avery said of his apparently odd choice of off-season employment.... More »

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fashion • NHL • New York Rangers • Vogue • New Line Cinema • Sean Avery • movies • biopic

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

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

May 27, 08 10:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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television • tourism • HBO • Sex and the City • New Line Cinema • Sarah Jessica Parker • Kim Cattrall • fashion designer • product placement • Manolo Blahnik • movie tie-ins

Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

The Other Boleyn Girl debuts in fourth with Portman and Johansson

Mar 2, 08 5:18 PM CST
(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... More »

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

 Warners Swallows New Line

Studio falls in latest Hollywood cost-cutting move

Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST
(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... More »

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Viacom • Time Warner • Comcast • Sony • Disney • DreamWorks • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • Warner Brothers • Miramax • MGM • Austin Powers • Bob Shaye • Michael Lynne • Richard Bewkes

Tolkien Heirs Sue Rings Studio Over Profits

Mega-lawsuit could end plans to film The Hobbit

Feb 12, 08 5:51 AM CST
(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... More »

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lawsuit • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • HarperCollins • J. R. R. Tolkien

Jackson to Helm Hobbit

His Rings lawsuit resolved, Jackson embarks on prequel

Dec 18, 07 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Peter Jackson has resolved his lawsuit with New Line and plans to helm two much-hyped Hobbit films, the first due out in 2010, according to an Entertainment Weekly interview with MGM chief Harry Sloan. Jackson will co-write and may direct one or both films—unless he and New Line's Bob... More »

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Peter Jackson • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • hobbits • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • J.R.R. Tolkein • Metro Goldwyn Mayer • MGM • actor

Compass Film Strips Book's Anti-God Moral

Author Pullman's stab at organized religion gets mass-appeal makeover

Nov 9, 07 9:58 PM CST
(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... More »

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Hollywood • New Line Cinema • Golden Compass • Philip Pullman • atheism • His Dark Materials trilogy

McKellen Eager to Play Gandalf in The Hobbit

Film 'likely' to happen, with or without Peter Jackson directing

Oct 15, 07 9:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Peter Jackson • New Line Cinema • Ian McKellen

New Line: Lord of the Rings or Last Action Hero?

Studio fires marketing chief, struggles to project identity

Aug 11, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The movie business' sepia-haired stepchild New Line Cinema fired its chief marketing officer this week—signaling that execs are blistering for fundamental change. After 40 years, New Line has lost its cutting-edge credibility to the Indies, and is ranked dead last in box-office revenue among the majors, the LA Times ... More »

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Time Warner • film • Hairspray • box office • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • movies

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