canadiancinephile.com | by Canadian Cinephile | Thu, Nov 27
Thu, Nov 27
The groundwork for The Golden Compass was laid with the success of the Lord of the Rings series of films. In February of 2002, New Line Cinema entered into the process of turning Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy into a movie series. Script troubles plagued production from the beginning...
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source: Moviefone
the famous 'Ring' trilogy, Jackson originally planned to direct 'The Hobbit,' but talks broke down over alleged profits he was owed by New Line Cinema. ... and more »
Published Mon, Nov 30
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source: blogs.amctv.com
AMCtv.com (blog) John Scalzi - Four Reasons Why Avatar Is Too Big to Fail AMCtv.com (blog) Certainly it carries risk, as do all major, expensive films. But as an example, New Line Cinema took a far greater risk bankrolling the three Lord of the ... and more »
Published Wed, Nov 11
Warner Bros. on lording over Lord of the Rings 
source: GameSpot
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. are all part of the same parent company, so what took so long for WBIE to pick up the rights to make games based on The Lord of the Rings? Martin Tremblay: Last year, New Line was combined with Warner Bros. ... Warner Bros Interactive announces new Lord of the Rings fr...
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces a Game Franchise ... - Earthtimes 
source: Earthtimes.org
A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line produced the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which is a landmark in the history of film franchises. New Line Cinema is a division of Warner Bros. Based in the heart of London Headstrong Games ...
Published Thu, May 28
Warner Bros announces Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest video game 
source: Examiner.com
In 2005 the publisher obtained rights to make games from the books as well, and the 2006 real-time strategy game The Battle for Middle-earth II contained elements from both the films and the novels. Warner Bros. owns New Line Cinema, which has the ...
Published Tue, May 26
Warner Bros. Takes Over Lord Of The Rings Games With Aragorn's Quest 
source: Gamasutra
Kombo.com CA This information ties in with a recent report indicating that, after eight years of Electronic Arts holding the game rights to the Lord of the Rings films, the license has transferred to Warner Bros., which owns licensee New Line Cinema. ...
Published Wed, May 20
source: Film.com
WA Since the final cinema curtain fell on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy in 2003 you may have had your hopes up for a Hobbit prequel. And then down, as Jackson feuded for over a year with New Line Cinema. And up again when they reconciled. ...
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