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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
| name = New Line Productions, Inc. | |name=New Line Productions, Inc. | ||
| image = New Line Cinema 2024.svg | |image=New Line Cinema 2024.svg | ||
| founded = June 18, 1967 ({{age|1967|6|18}} years ago) | |founded=June 18, 1967 ({{age|1967|6|18}} years ago) | ||
| founder = {{w|Robert Shaye}} | |founder={{w|Robert Shaye}} | ||
| parent = Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group<br>([[Warner Bros. Discovery]]) | |formerly=New Line Cinema Corporation (1967-1994) | ||
| country = [[:Category:United States|United States]] | |parent=Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group<br>([[Warner Bros. Discovery]]) | ||
|country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''New Line Cinema''' (also known as '''New Line Productions, Inc.''' and formerly | '''New Line Cinema''' (also known as '''New Line Productions, Inc.''' and formerly '''New Line Cinema Corporation''') was originally started in 1967 by Robert Shaye 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 [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]) on October 10, 1996. Their most successful films are ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy released from 2001-2003 respectively. | ||
On February 28, 2008, the company became a genre and low-to-mid-budget unit of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], after CEO Jeff Bewkes fired Shaye as a result of the domestic box office failure of ''The Golden Compass''. The last movie produced by New Line Cinema as an independent company was ''Semi-Pro''. Most of their independent output is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery; however, many of their acquired products, including most of their foreign films, are currently owned by other companies, and the television rights to some of their early-to-mid-1990s features, including ''The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'', and ''Mortal Kombat'', lie with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] through [[Epic Productions]] and its Alpha Library Company. Since 2016, New Line Cinema has producing its own television series, after [[New Line Television|its television counterpart]] was folded into [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] in 2008. | On February 28, 2008, the company became a genre and low-to-mid-budget unit of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], after CEO Jeff Bewkes fired Shaye as a result of the domestic box office failure of ''The Golden Compass''. The last movie produced by New Line Cinema as an independent company was ''Semi-Pro''. Most of their independent output is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery; however, many of their acquired products, including most of their foreign films, are currently owned by other companies, and the television rights to some of their early-to-mid-1990s features, including ''The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'', and ''Mortal Kombat'', lie with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] through [[Epic Productions]] and its Alpha Library Company. Since 2016, New Line Cinema has producing its own television series, after [[New Line Television|its television counterpart]] was folded into [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] in 2008. | ||
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*December 17, 2003-January 25, 2017: "A TimeWarner Company" ("TimeWarner" is in the Bodoni BE Regular typeface while "A" and "Company" are in FF Meta) | *December 17, 2003-January 25, 2017: "A TimeWarner Company" ("TimeWarner" is in the Bodoni BE Regular typeface while "A" and "Company" are in FF Meta) | ||
'''Trivia:''' On the 1996 LaserDisc audio commentary of ''The Mask'' (carried over to every DVD/Blu-ray release of the film), director Chuck Russell mentions the film | '''Trivia:''' On the 1996 LaserDisc audio commentary of ''The Mask'' (carried over to every DVD/Blu-ray release of the film), director Chuck Russell mentions that the film marked this logo's debut. However, theatrical prints of the film used the previous logo, and home media releases and television prints plaster it with the 1994 prototype logo. The film's first home video release was on January 18, 1995, three months after the theatrical release of ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'', making the latter film the actual debut of the logo. It's possible (but currently not confirmed) that the logo was initially supposed to debut on theatrical prints of ''The Mask'', but wasn't ready by the time of the film's release. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*From the logo's debut until November 18, 1994, a prototype variant | *From the logo's debut until November 18, 1994, a prototype variant was used. Some differences include the light moving all around the logo before settling into its usual place, and the text (in Times New Roman Condensed) zooming out with a trail effect (which starts out black before fading to white). The Turner byline is used here, sometimes chyroned in on some releases. | ||
*Earlier films from the Turner years shown in 1.85:1 aspect ratio have the logo more zoomed in, with the light having a larger radius. Later films used an open matte version, which is more zoomed out. | *Earlier films from the Turner years shown in 1.85:1 aspect ratio have the logo more zoomed in, with the light having a larger radius. Later films used an open matte version, which is more zoomed out. | ||
*Starting around 1996, the Turner byline is smaller and | *Starting around 1996, the Turner byline is smaller and there's less glowing blue surrounding the logo. | ||
*There are two variations of the 1997-2003 Time Warner byline: | *There are two variations of the 1997-2003 Time Warner byline: | ||
**The earlier variation essentially freezes the Turner version of the logo to hide the byline (the shining animation stops if one looks closely). Additionally, the size of the byline varies in this version and also appears chyroned in. It was used in tandem with the next variation below. | **The earlier variation essentially freezes the Turner version of the logo to hide the byline (the shining animation stops if one looks closely). Additionally, the size of the byline varies in this version and also appears chyroned in. It was used in tandem with the next variation below. | ||