Question to Fans, About New Line and Warner Bros.

Ramboraph4life aka Matt · 01-27-2008, 08:41 PM

I'm not sure if there is a topic already about this...if so I apologize and feel free to direct/redirect towards that post/topic. But I was wondering what people's thoughts on this...

"From imdb.com:

Following a planned meeting this week with new Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes, New Line Cinema founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are expected to be terminated and New Line's projects, including The Hobbit, folded into Warner Bros., L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke reported on her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog Monday, citing no sources. With the exception of last year's Hairspray, New Line has had a nearly uninterrupted string of financial failures since its Lord of the Rings franchise ran out. "

Mainly my question is...it sounds like Warner Bros. is going to be taking New Line Cinema and their library/products/etc...is this correct? If so, I just find it interesting that New Line had released the old Ninja Turtle films and Warner Bros. (with Weinstein) released the new CGI flick.

So my question is...will that mean Warner Bros. will be the ones to finally make a damn special edition of the old TMNT films (at least the first one)? Maybe if they do a sequel to the CGI flick....just wanted to get people's opinions on this. Again I just thought it was a weird coincidence that the studio that released the old turtle movies are now bought by the studio that released the new one.

01-27-2008, 08:41 PM	#1
Ramboraph4life aka Matt Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2004 Location: North Liberty, Iowa Posts: 1,234	Question to Fans, About New Line and Warner Bros. I'm not sure if there is a topic already about this...if so I apologize and feel free to direct/redirect towards that post/topic. But I was wondering what people's thoughts on this... "From imdb.com: Following a planned meeting this week with new Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes, New Line Cinema founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are expected to be terminated and New Line's projects, including The Hobbit, folded into Warner Bros., L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke reported on her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog Monday, citing no sources. With the exception of last year's Hairspray, New Line has had a nearly uninterrupted string of financial failures since its Lord of the Rings franchise ran out. " Mainly my question is...it sounds like Warner Bros. is going to be taking New Line Cinema and their library/products/etc...is this correct? If so, I just find it interesting that New Line had released the old Ninja Turtle films and Warner Bros. (with Weinstein) released the new CGI flick. So my question is...will that mean Warner Bros. will be the ones to finally make a damn special edition of the old TMNT films (at least the first one)? Maybe if they do a sequel to the CGI flick....just wanted to get people's opinions on this. Again I just thought it was a weird coincidence that the studio that released the old turtle movies are now bought by the studio that released the new one.