The Fall of NEW LINE CINEMA: How One Scrappy Studio Almost Took Over Hollywood & Failed

Matt Draper August 6, 2025
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A look back at the entire history of New Line Cinema, tracking the film studio from Bob Shaye's founding through the success of A Nightmare on Elm Street to the acclaim of Lord of the Rings into how The Golden Compass and Warner Bros brought the studio to an end. What made New Line special? What does the future hold? Will they please stop making Lord of the Rings movies? All this and more! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCialJ2te1CSh8DLU8SK5D_w/join Music: Official Matt Draper Channel Theme by Mono Memory Support Mono Memory: Follow/listen on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2SemMoK JOIN Mono Memory on YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ee... Bandcamp Sub - https://monomemory.bandcamp.com/music The Outliers A Nightmare on Elm Street Theme by Charles Bernstein Lord of the Rings Theme by Howard Shore Sources: https://variety.com/2008/film/features/new-line-still-has-irons-in-fire-1117988209/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-03-fi-rup3.11-story.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/line-peter-jackson-settle-rings-62179/ https://www.today.com/popculture/peter-jackson-dropped-hobbit-wbna15821905 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/12/how-hollywood-saved-god/306444/ https://www.vulture.com/2007/12/golden_compass_scripts.html#:~:text=Much%20to%20our%20surprise%2C%20upon,movie%20that%20could%20have%20been. https://www.today.com/popculture/peter-jackson-dropped-hobbit-wbna15821905 https://www.cbr.com/his-dark-materials-why-golden-compass-failed/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/450-jobs-cut-as-layoffs-109345/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-29-fi-newline29-story.html https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-scl-shaye https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/movies/01line.html https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/film-distribution-guide/ https://screenrant.com/the-golden-compass-movie-2000s-fantasy-disappointment/ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/movies/30comp.html https://warnerbros.fandom.com/wiki/New_Line_Cinema https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/12/movies/gambling-film-fantasy-lord-rings-shows-new-line-cinema-s-value-aol.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-29-fi-newline29-story.html https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/wes-craven-and-a-nightmare-of-sequels/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131211140814/http://www1.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2005_older/2003/May_2003/graduation_03 https://screenrant.com/ambition-movie-bob-shaye-interview/ https://www.fangoria.com/new-line-cinema-the-house-that-freddy-built/ https://dailydead.com/interview-bob-shaye-discusses-his-return-to-directing-for-ambition-and-reflects-on-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/ https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/i-get-a-kick-out-of-entertaining-people-robert-shaye-founder-of-new-line-cinema-and-unique-features-on-directing-his-third-film-ambition https://www.theringer.com/2024/10/31/movies/nightmare-on-elm-street-oral-history-freddy-krueger-origins https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119799429400237009?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAhemQeaMXDqBGtk7IinF0ZYc3FltghLErN6G4O17vpRAfILb4MYEgjfhU3rNXc%3D&gaa_ts=68856180&gaa_sig=W6PvquV2BBaHC-mKs3Z3av9BBzzo9rs_u77_IWK-_qy5n1SvO7kN4geI67VNlCyPGjjxmyfge89PoJV74Mihfw%3D%3D

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