Private company

New Line Cinema

Logo: Warner Bros. Entertainment ( Warner Bros. Discovery ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American media production company

New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production company owned by Skydance Corporation. The studio was founded on June 18, 1967, by Robert Shaye in New York City, as a foreign and art film distributor.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

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New Line Productions, Inc., doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film and television production company owned by Skydance Corporation. The studio was founded on June 18, 1967, by Robert Shaye in New York City, as a foreign and art film distributor. In 1994, New Line was acquired by the Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was acquired by Time Warner Entertainment in 1996. In 2008, New Line was folded into Warner Bros. Pictures. Prior to the integration into Warner Bros. Pictures, the headquarters were located in Los Angeles, California at 116 N Robertson Blvd. Since then, New Line Cinema operates out of offices at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.3

The story

Founded by Robert Shaye in 1967, in New York City.1

Leadership

Who has led New Line Cinema, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • film

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Fine Line Features
  • New Line Cinema's House of Horror
  • New Line Home Entertainment
  • New Line Television

Also owns

  • Crystal Lake Entertainment

Former owners and parents

  • Turner Broadcasting System 1994 to 1996
  • WarnerMedia 1996 to 2008

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2001New chief executive Michael Lynne becomes CEO1
  2. 2001New chief executive Robert Shaye becomes CEO1
  3. 1996Acquired Acquired by WarnerMedia1
  4. 1994Acquired Acquired by Turner Broadcasting System1
  5. 1967Founded Founded in New York City1

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