Now that New Line cinema is a division of Warner....

[NotFadeAway]

I was deeply saddened the day New Line became a part of Warner Bro's, just because I think Warner goes about it's business like a bunch of doofs.

But now that New Line is a part of WB, why can't they get a shot at making comic book movies about The Flash, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Shazaam, etc? I understand the WB not giving them Superman or Batman, but there sitting on a gold mine and would still make the profit from these lesser known comic book characters considering that New Line is a division in there company.

Hell, even before the two studio's merged they were both owned by AOL. Even then I was praying that New Line, being under the same roof as Warner's, could get ahold of a few DC characters and make them into movies. New Line always seemed better suited for comic book movies and fantasy/sci-fi/horror material anyway, that was there bread and butter.

Again, they don't need to hand over Batman, Superman, WW, or even Green Lantern. But the other chaarcters should be up for licensing. I'd love for New Line to get a shot at making The Flash, or Green Arrow.

Warner Bro. is a collection of selfish *****e bags with bad idea's.

 

[Webhead2006]

That would be nice and it probably would help to get some of these other properties off the ground and running. But its likely not going to happen sorta like how some of us would like dc to have their own film studio to do dc films. wb probably doesnt see that being the best option to go.

 

[Kevin Smith]

I was deeply saddened the day New Line became a part of Warner Bro's, just because I think Warner goes about it's business like a bunch of doofs.

But now that New Line is a part of WB, why can't they get a shot at making comic book movies about The Flash, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Shazaam, etc? I understand the WB not giving them Superman or Batman, but there sitting on a gold mine and would still make the profit from these lesser known comic book characters considering that New Line is a division in there company.

Hell, even before the two studio's merged they were both owned by AOL. Even then I was praying that New Line, being under the same roof as Warner's, could get ahold of a few DC characters and make them into movies. New Line always seemed better suited for comic book movies and fantasy/sci-fi/horror material anyway, that was there bread and butter.

Again, they don't need to hand over Batman, Superman, WW, or even Green Lantern. But the other chaarcters should be up for licensing. I'd love for New Line to get a shot at making The Flash, or Green Arrow.

Warner Bro. is a collection of selfish *****e bags with bad idea's.

Totally with you, man. And they suck at getting films off the ground. If this were Marvel we'd have had release dates (tenative tho they may be) for Superman, Flash, and probably another Batman by now.

 

[dnno1]

New Line Cinema was always been a subsidiary of Time Warner since 1996. Having them be absorbed into Time Warner as a division of WB should have been a eventual conclusion. As far as getting a shot as making comic book genre, there should be nothing stopping them outside of their limitation on the number of films they get to make each year (about 6 or so). Last year, Alan Horn said that New Line would "not just be doing genre" and indicated that that market is pretty much captured by outfits such as Lions Gate, Screen Gems, and Dark Castle. Suffice it to say that New Line is too busy with projects like the two "Hobbit" films and a sequel to "The Golden Compass" to worry about as their upcoming tentpoles in the next couple or three years.

 

[The Guard]

I was under the impression New Line was always part of WB in some form or another.

That said...

Here we go again.

 

[BatMatt]

I was under the impression New Line was always part of WB in some form or another.

That said...

Here we go again.

New Line was a sister company of WB which had it's own staffing, executives, ect. WB then absorbed New Line and has now a more controlling interest, and it resulted in some job losses too.

 

[dnno1]

Like I said before, New Line Cinema was a "SUBSIDIARY" of Time Warner. That means that is/was a daughter company (not a sister company) of Time Warner (the parent and controlling company) and has been that way since 1996 when Turner Broadcasting System (TBS, who then owned New Line) merged with Time Warner (TWX). TWX has had controlling interest in New Line for the past 13 years. The only reason why it was separate and distinct was for tax purposes.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Give them time. I know how funny that sounds, but I think that Jonah Hex while not at New Line will be the film to get DC's films off the ground if Green Lantern doesn't. I think Hex will do for DC what Blade did for Marvel.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

New Line has been part of Warners for years.


Shazam was supposed to be under New Line before it got canned.

 

[Docker2.0]

Give them time. I know how funny that sounds, but I think that Jonah Hex while not at New Line will be the film to get DC's films off the ground if Green Lantern doesn't. I think Hex will do for DC what Blade did for Marvel.

Wasn't that suppose to be Constantine or The Dark Knight? Seriously, GL is the testing mark for DC heroes. If that movie does well, expect a Flash movie to be announced shortly afterwards.............but then again this is the f-ing WB we are talking about! If GL does well, we may have a announcement of Superman and Batman AGAIN!

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Well if WB can make a DC film and NL can as well, they can put out a few at a time like Marvel does.

 

[batlovescatDC]

I think that at some point, WB, will (although maybe not for a while, considering how slow of learners they seem to be at times) realize, "Hey, we control a completely different studio. Wow! We can release new films through it as well, instead of just remaking every single series that New Line Cinema owned!"

 

[dnno1]

I think that at some point, WB, will (although maybe not for a while, considering how slow of learners they seem to be at times) realize, "Hey, we control a completely different studio. Wow! We can release new films through it as well, instead of just remaking every single series that New Line Cinema owned!"

I think it was costing them too much to operate with duplicated business units. I mean, why have two accounting departments or (in this case) multiple distribution services and executive officers when you only need one of each? That is the primary reason why Time Warner folded (or in better words reorganized) New Line into the WB. It was to increase operational efficiencies and maximize performance.

 

[Shaolin Kenobi]

The Hollywood machine can chew up and spit out even Superman.