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'''New Line Cinema''' (also known as '''New Line Productions, Inc.''' and formerly known as '''New Line Cinema Corporation''') originally started in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne, as an indie/low-budget film studio. Their first film was a Czech import called ''The End of August at the Hotel Ozone''. New Line was acquired by Turner Broadcasting on January 28, 1994; both merged with Time Warner (now "WarnerMedia") on October 10, 1996. Their most successful films are ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy released in 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively. In 2008, New Line became a genre and low-to-mid-budget unit of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], shutting down as an independent studio under Time Warner after CEO Jeff Bewkes fired Shaye and Lynne as a result of the American box office failure of ''The Golden Compass''. The last movie produced by New Line Cinema as an independent company was ''Semi-Pro''.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|red|red}} line stretches out across the screen. It then "flashes" rapidly, seeming to vibrate and form more lines above. The lines eventually form the words "NEW LINE CINEMA", and when the text is completed the screen begins to flash {{Font color|red|red}}. When the flashing is finished, the logo is now {{Font color|red|red}} with black segmenting (a la the CBS/Fox Video logo), and the word "FROM" can be seen above and to the left of the logo. The logo is "wiped" away at the end.

*New Line used a different logo in print and at the end of trailers and movies from 1967 to 1987; it is the letters "NL" connected together. As far as we know, this was never used as an actual New Line logo.

*There is also a high-contrast version with a {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}} background and "{{Font color|pink|FROM NEW LINE CINEMA}}" in {{Font color|pink|pink}}.

'''Closing Variants:'''

*There is an ending variant with just the print logo, which says: "FROM NEW LINE CINEMA" and the "NL" combination. This appears at the end of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge''.

'''FX/SFX:''' The "flashing" and the line effects.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None. On [[Toei (Japan)|Toei Company]] productions (such as ''The Street Fighter'', ''Return of the Street Fighter'', and ''Bronson Lee, Champion''), it would use the second half of the specialized theme that played over the Toei logo (composed by such names as Tony Sushima and Takeo Watanabe). Strangely, ''Street Fighter's Last Revenge'' (at least the Wizard Video release) uses an edited version of the second half of the specialized jingle from ''The Street Fighter''.

'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on the first two ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' movies. Strangely, this is seen on the 1999 and 2005 DVDs of ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (which originally used the next logo). This was also used on the first ''Critters'' movie, as well as ''Xtro''. Early prints of ''Alone in the Dark'' didn't have any logo. The 1980 [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/CBS]] release of ''The Street Fighter'' and the 1982 [[Wizard Video]] release of ''Street Fighter's Last Revenge'' use this logo, but not the 1981 MGM/CBS release of ''Return of the Street Fighter'' (it is unknown if the Wizard Video release of ''Sister Street Fighter'' retains this, but the 1996 New Line Home Video releases of the films plaster this with the 1994 logo, which is always in fullscreen even on letterboxed prints). It is also featured on the 1987 [[HBO/Cannon Video]] release of ''The Evil Dead'', though it's completely absent on recent releases of said film; it is unknown if it's intact on the original [[Thorn EMI Video (UK)|Thorn EMI Video]] release or the Congress Video reprint. It is also unknown if this appears at the start of the 1978 [[Media Home Entertainment]] release of ''Tell Your Children'' (under the title ''Reefer Madness''), or its 1985 re-issue. It does not appear on the Media releases of ''Night of the Living Dead'' and ''Magical Mystery Tour''. The high-contrast version can be seen on the [[Cult Video]] release of ''The Cars That Eat People'', as well as the [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] release of ''The Seduction of Mimi''. This is also intact on the [[Image Entertainment]] DVD of ''Quiet Cool'' after the 4th logo, as well as the 1984 Warner Home Video clamshell of ''Hurray for Betty Boop''. This can also be found on the [[Vestron Video]] CED and Media Home Entertainment VHS of ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', but it is unknown if it is kept on the Wizard Video VHS. It is also unknown if this is seen on the [[Lightning Video]] VHS of the 1984 thriller ''Blind Date'', the Media Home Entertainment VHS releases of ''Creepers'' (the cut version of Dario Argento's ''Phenomena'') and the Canadian thriller ''Siege!'' (AKA: ''Self-Defense''), or the Wizard Video VHS of ''Mountain of the Cannibal God'' (AKA: ''Slave of the Cannibal God''). It is confirmed to be on the 2019 [[Shout! Factory]] Blu-ray of ''The Street Fighter Collection''. It may be seen on the [[Force Video]] VHS of ''Immoral Tales''. Some of their older films will have this plastered with the [[Fine Line Features]] logo, as seen on mid-to-late '90s prints of ''Pink Flamingos'' and ''The End of August at the Hotel Ozone''.

'''Editor's Note:''' A very grindhouse-esque logo genre, which is quite fitting as that's how New Line Cinema got it's start. The ugly font, red/black color scheme, and flashing are likely to put some viewers off. Not suitable for viewers that are prone to epilepsy.

'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a box, connected with 2 filmstrips. It glows {{Font color|blue|blue}}, and "NEW LINE CINEMA" is below, glowing in {{Font color|blue|blue}} as well. Basically a still of the next logo, but the words are in black.

'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. This plasters the previous logo on the [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] release of ''Quiet Cool''. This was originally used on the original theatrical release and TV spots of ''A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' and appears on the 1987 Media Home Entertainment VHS and Laserdisc releases, as well as the 1999 [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] VHS release. This was also used on the RCA/Columbia release of ''My Demon Lover'' and the theatrical trailers of ''Critters 2'' and ''Hairspray'' (1988 film). It may have also appeared on U.S. theatrical prints of ''Summer Night'', but the IVE release doesn't use a logo, though the logo can be seen on the packaging. Digital prints of ''My Demon Lover'' skip this logo and go straight to the credits; It is unknown if the Warner Archive DVD-R preserves it.

'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/white ethereal background, a black box zooms and twirls from the screen. In the background, several filmstrips float by, as the box is connected by two filmstrips. One of the filmstrips attaches itself to the side of the box, and the other filmstrip tilts to half a right angle and attaches itself to the top right of the box. The background fades to black, with the box/ladder "glowing" {{Font color|blue|blue}} at the end. The words "NEW LINE CINEMA" fade under the logo.

*Some television showings of New Line movies in Australia have the preceding [[Roadshow Television (Australia)|Roadshow Television]] logo morph into the black box in the beginning of the New Line logo.

*Beginning around 1991, there is less of a glow around the box and filmstrips and it has a more {{Font color|purple|purplish}} tone to it.

*There is a 2.35:1 scope variant where it is cropped from the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. This appears on ''Glengarry Glen Ross''.

*The first closing variant is basically the same as the opening logo, except the box and filmstrips are in white. This appears on ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master''.

*The second closing variant shows "From" above the company name.

*Starting around 1994, the "From" is gone, though there is still leftover space between the logo and company name.

*''Monkey Trouble'' shows an in-credit closing logo: "RELEASED BY NEW LINE CINEMA" with the box and filmbox logo next to it.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually none or the opening of the film. However, ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'' has a quiet flute and string jingle with bells and chimes. The Roadshow Television variant has an extended version of the 1992 Village Roadshow/Roadshow Entertainment jingle playing over it. On the Shout! Factory Blu-Ray of ''Man's Best Friend'', it has the theme from the next logo, due to a reverse plaster.

*Current prints of most films replace it with the next logo, though older prints will have this logo. Notable examples include older prints of the fourth, fifth and sixth films of the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' series.  

*This can be found on all pre-2002 releases of the second and third ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films. The first film, however, deletes this and goes straight to the opening credits on most U.S. VHS & DVD releases, while the Blu-Ray of the second film contains the 4th logo (though it's retained on current international prints, except the 2006 Magixeyes VCD, after the 1981 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] logo).

*The end variant without "From" can be found on ''The Mask'', ''Corrina, Corrina'', ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'', ''Dumb and Dumber'' and ''Friday''.

*This is retained on most home video releases of ''Drop Dead Fred'' such as the original 1991 [[Artisan Entertainment|Live Home Video]] VHS (later reissued by [[Family Home Entertainment]] in 1996), the 2003 Artisan DVD (after the Artisan logo), the UK 2002 [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] DVD (after the 1997 Universal logo), and the UK 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray from Final Cut Entertainment (after the 1990 Universal logo). However the original UK rental VHS edits this out and goes straight to the opening credits. It is also unknown if it would have been retained on the planned Severin Films U.S. Blu-Ray, or if it is retained on the Vinegar Syndrome Blu-Ray.

*It also appeared on the theatrical U.S. release of ''Babar: The Movie'', but most home video releases delete this and go straight to the opening credits (the first VHS from Family Home Entertainment and possibly [[Entertainment One (Canada)|eOne]]'s 2014 DVD release have the closing logo intact, however; It is unknown if the 2004 Artisan Entertainment DVD preserved the closing variant).

*The MGM DVD release of ''Amos & Andrew'' has this plastering the [[Columbia Pictures]] logo before going to the [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] logo. However, a 1998 MGM/UA Movie Time VHS and one On Demand print had the New Line, Columbia and Castle Rock logos present, while most HD streaming masters and the [[Olive Films]] Blu-Ray have the 2012 MGM logo plastering over the New Line and Columbia logos.

*It also may have been seen on U.S. theatrical prints of ''Communion'' (1989), but the Canadian [[Cineplex Odeon Films|Cineplex Odeon]] and U.S. [[M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment|MCEG Virgin]] VHS, and the DVD releases, skips the logo entirely, although it is on the packaging.

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'''Logo:''' Essentially a CGI redux of the previous logo. A black box rotates out from an extreme close-up, with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} light in the background. Various filmstrips zooms past the box as two more filmstrips rotate in, one attaching itself to the side of the box, and one attaching itself to the top-right to form the familiar logo. The {{Font color|blue|blue}} light dies down to create a glowing effect around the "ladder" as "NEW LINE CINEMA" zooms-out from below in ITC Garamond Cond Book font. The respective company byline fades-in underneath (alongside a line above).

* December 17, 2003-September 3, 2010, March 31-August 20, 2016, December 7, 2016: "A TimeWarner Company" ("TimeWarner" is in the corporate font while "A" and "Company" are in FF Meta)

* From October 14 to November 18, 1994, a prototype variant of this logo was used. The differences are the light moves all around the logo, before settling into its usual place, and the New Line text (in Times New Roman Condensed) zooms out with a trail effect (and starts out black before fading to white); the finished product looks very similar to the 3rd logo's finished product. The Turner byline is used here, sometimes chyroned in on some releases. This may or may not have been a placeholder logo, but it was only used on ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' (although newer prints plaster it with the 2003 version) and ''The Swan Princess'' (the US theatrical release only, all home video copies in the United States plaster it over with the [[Nest Family Entertainment|Nest Entertainment]] logo, though it's still intact on the UK Columbia TriStar VHS/DVD as well as Hulu and Tubi prints of the movie). However, this version was also used to plaster the 1987 logo on ''The Endless Summer II'' (at least on the original Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release, as well as the [[Turner Home Entertainment]] VHS reprint), ''The Mask'' (although some earlier theatrical releases used the 1987 logo), and ''Corrina, Corrina'' (on early home video releases, since newer releases restore the original 1987 logo). The second version would make its debut on ''Dumb and Dumber'', released on December 16, 1994.

*Earlier films from the Turner years shown in 1.85:1 aspect ratio have the logo more zoomed in. Also, the blue light has a larger "radius". Later 1.85 films used an open matte version, which is more zoomed out.

**The earlier variation essentially freezes the Turner version of the logo to hide the Turner byline (the shining animation on the filmbox and the blue rear smoke light stop if you look closely). Additionally, the size of the byline varies in this version and appears chyroned in. Debuted on ''Money Talks'' and made its final appearance on ''The Little Vampire'', released on October 27, 2000. It was used in tandem with the next variation below.

**The later variation slightly redid the logo to look more updated, thus no freeze frame was needed. The brightness and the lighting effects have been improved drastically. Additionally, the Time Warner byline has been redesigned to look less "chyroned in" and the logo also now fades out smoothly. Debuted on ''Blade'' (released on August 21, 1998), was used in tandem with the earlier variation at first, but afterwards was the version that New Line films used from that point onward (with the byline changes) until its last appearance in 2010.

**However, if you look extremely carefully at the 2003 TimeWarner version, the shining effect continues but the light behind the filmbox freezes.

*In the later years of its use, the logo seems to have gained hues of purple/pink.

* There is a videotaped variation of this logo where the animation runs at a smoother, fast-paced frame rate. This can be seen on original VHS and older DVD releases of ''Mortal Kombat'', the 1997 VHS of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''Now and Then''.

*On 3D movies, including ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' and ''The Final Destination'', a different logo is used where the filmstrips, ladders, and text zoom-in.

*On ''Hairspray Live!'', the logo shares the screen with the [[Warner Bros. Television]] logo on a black background.

*At the end of later films released during the Turner era, it is the tail end of the animated opening logo without the Turner byline.

*Starting from when the 1997 Time Warner byline was used, the logo is still and has the respective byline. Despite replacing the early TW variant as an opening logo, the later TW variant was almost never used as a closing logo, with most films released from 1998 to 2000 instead using the early TW variant at the end.

* Some movies such as ''Elf'' have the print logo shown with the words "NEW LINE CINEMA" in a bold Times font to the right of it, and the TimeWarner byline below; this scrolls up with the credits.

*Some films may have the credit "A NEW LINE CINEMA RELEASE".

'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation of the filmstrips and the box, and the zooming out of the text.

*On some movies, such as ''The Corruptor'', The ''Blade'' Trilogy, and ''Freddy Vs. Jason'', the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo.

* Some earlier films with this logo contain a different orchestration of the fanfare that sounds slightly slowed down ([[New Line Home Entertainment]] and [[New Line Television]] continued to use this version until their demise). However, this is usually plastered with the standard fanfare on newer prints of such films.

* On films that originally used the silent 1987 logo, either it is silent or it has the standard fanfare. Otherwise, it uses the opening theme.

*On ''Don Juan DeMarco,'' another different orchestration is used. The chimes when the text zooms out are more apparent, and the fanfare is doubled in pitch.

* Strangely, recent prints of ''Jason X'' (2001) have a high-pitched version of this fanfare playing over the 2003 logo (plastering over the 2001 variation).

* On current prints of ''The Mack'' (1973), the 2001 version has both normal and reorchestrated themes playing at the same time.

* A Canal+ airing of ''Silk'' used the music from the [[Picturehouse Films]] logo on the 2003 version of this logo. This is most likely a sloppy plaster.

* This logo debuted on ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'', and was last seen on ''Going the Distance''.

*The prototype version can be found on the aforementioned movie above.

* The regular version with the Turner byline can be seen on 1994-1997 films such as ''Seven'', ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'', ''Friday'', ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' and ''Dumb and Dumber'' (where it made its first appearance). It is a hard find, but not too hard. Turner-era [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases can still be found on the market if you look hard enough. Many newer issues of Turner-era releases replace the versions with the Turner byline with later variations having an AOL byline or Time Warner byline (whether the 1997 or 2003 one), although the bylineless closing logo is usually left unplastered.

* The AOL Time Warner byline made its first appearance on ''Blow'', and may also plaster the 1997-2000 Time Warner byline on later release prints of films released from late 2000-early 2001 aside from older films. Examples are ''Thirteen Days'' and ''Sugar and Spice.''

*Even the AOL Time Warner byline and the older Time Warner byline are plastered with the 2003 TimeWarner byline, most notably on ''Frequency'', ''The Wedding Singer'', recent releases of the extended editions of the first two ''Lord of the Rings'' films ''(The Fellowship of the Ring'' and ''The Two Towers''), and on newer prints of ''Final Destination 2''. The 2003 byline first appeared on the third film of the LOTR trilogy (''The Return of the King''), and was also the first overall usage of the 2003 TimeWarner byline until it was renamed to WarnerMedia.

*This logo has even been sighted plastering the 1987 logo on several films. Such examples include home media releases of ''The Mask'', early home video releases of ''Corrina, Corrina'', HBO's print of ''Drop Dead Fred'', the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films, and current prints of the ''Nightmare On Elm Street'' series. Also seen on some video games based on New Line Cinema properties, mainly the ''Lord of the Rings'' franchise. This precedes the 1st logo on the Image Entertainment DVDs of ''Quiet Cool'' and ''Xtro'', but many DVD releases are updating this logo with the 2003 version. It appears on the Canadian C/FP Video release of ''The Basketball Diaries'', a co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]; don’t expect it on the [[PolyGram Video]] and Palm Pictures releases, as they only start with the Island Pictures logo.

'''Editor's Note:''' The definitive New Line Cinema logo, due to its longevity, its effectiveness as a logo, and its prevalence. However, as with the other TimeWarner properties, the version with the 2003 TimeWarner byline can be notorious to some due to it plastering the previous logos (and earlier variations of the same logo) on current releases of older films. Nonetheless, this is a favorite of many.

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'''Logo:''' We travel through the clouds to see the 1998 Warner Bros. Pictures shield, with the banner on it reading "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" and the standard byline fading in below, both zooming in toward the screen. The shield then breaks up into pieces, leaving the {{Font color|blue|blue}} part of the shield and the byline behind, while the latter fades out. We then pan from a daytime sky to a cloudy night sky (with the sun being seen for a split-second) as the gold pieces from the shield turn into the filmstrips and squares, now rounded at the edges, of the New Line filmbox logo (with the reflection of the WB shield in a few seconds when the filmstrips and squares are forming the logo). Simultaneously, all the letters of "NEW LINE CINEMA", in a stylized flat font, appear flipping in. The logo shines, and the byline fades in below.

*On early movies with this logo such as ''The Rite'', ''Hall Pass'', ''Horrible Bosses'', and ''New Year's Eve'', the cloud background is slightly different. Also, an extra filmstrip can be seen before the second square flies in from the center.

* At the end of ''Dumb and Dumber To'', a still version is used.

*Few films (such as ''The Hobbit'' series) do not have the WB shield's reflection in the box and filmstrips.

*On ''The Nun'' (the first movie to use the WarnerMedia byline), ''Annabelle Comes Home'', and ''The Curse of La Llorona'', we fade into the zooming cloud background first. Then, the Warner Bros. shield fades in, and the animation continues as usual. The entire logo is tinted in a dark grayish green color. However, on the third title, once the NLC logo is done, we then pan down into the clouds to segue into the [[Atomic Monster Productions|Atomic Monster]] logo.

'''Availability:''' Common. Since 2008, New Line Cinema is a subsidiary of Warner Bros., hence the fact that the WB shield appears in the beginning. Nonetheless, it is seen on all releases from the studio from 2011 to 2020, starting with ''The Rite''. A still version appears at the end of the said title mentioned above. The TimeWarner byline last appeared on ''Tag''. In contrast, the WarnerMedia byline first appeared on the trailer for ''Shazam!'' and the fully animated version first appeared on ''The Nun''. This does not appear on ''Creed II'', as the standard Warner Bros. logo is used instead, and New Line only got a studio credit for said film. The last film to use this logo was ''Superintelligence''.

'''Editor's Note:''' While not as popular as the previous logo, this logo has garnered a following over the years that it has been used. However, New Line Cinema would later carry their design over to the next logo, which is described below.

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'''Logo:''' Same concept as the previous logo, but the 2019 Warner Bros. shield and the 2021 logo background is now used instead. When we get closer to the shield, it shines as the WarnerMedia byline fades out, and in a similar fashion to the last logo, the shield breaks up to transform into the New Line Cinema logo on a more realistic sunset background (using the same design from before, but the line between the text and byline is removed), now in white this time to match with the 2019 WB shield with the white outline (and the reflection of the WB shield is removed in the New Line filmbox logo). The 2019 WarnerMedia byline fades in below (although much earlier this time just as the filmbox finishes forming) as the filmbox and "NEW LINE CINEMA" text shine.

'''Variant:''' A version exists where the logo doesn't fade in or fade out and no music. This can be seen on [https://www.devastudios.com/work/logo/new-line-cinema-studio-logo/ Devastudios' website.]

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the last logo, but with updated visuals and effects. Awesome CGI done by Devastudios, who also worked on the other related on-screen 2021 WB logos. Like the other 2021 WB logos, the sky and clouds were done using Terragen from Planetside Software.  

'''Availability:''' Brand new. First debuted on the trailers for ''Mortal Kombat'' (2021) and ''Those Who Wish Me Dead''. It made its first appearance on the former film (albeit using a variant) and the standard version made its first appearance on the latter.