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1. rockthebells.com › articles › set-it-off-the-making-of"They Rejected It 3 Times": The Making of 'Set It Off'

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   Nov 8, 2021 · Bank robbery movies weren't new territory (Michael Mann's Heat hit theaters just a prior to Set It Off), but to see Black women in such a film was an unexpected breath of fresh air. And those four leads (Jada Pinkett, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise and Dana Owens, aka Queen Latifah) became etched in Black popular culture.

2. www.vulture.com › 2020 › 05Vivica A. Fox Answers Every Question We Have About Set It Off

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   Photo-Illustration: Vulture and New Line Cinema In my deeply humble opinion, Set It Off is the best, most affecting heist film ever made. You can keep your Oceans and your Jobs ( Italian, Bank ...

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4. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsDial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema

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   From 'Nightmare on Elm Street' to 'Lord of the Rings', New Line Cinema created some of Hollywood's most influential blockbusters. But now its 40-year history is in tatters following a string of ...

5. faroutmagazine.co.uk › the-movie-that-bankruptedThe movie that bankrupted New Line Cinema - Far Out Magazine

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   Feb 9, 2024 · In February 2008 – just two months after The Golden Compass had arrived in cinemas – it was revealed that New Line Cinema would be shut down as an independent production unit and absorbed into Warner Bros., with the decision to pre-sell the international rights to the failed blockbuster and the subsequent losses incurred deemed among the final straws.

6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2008-feb-29-fiNew Line, old story: A small studio falls - Los Angeles Times

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   Feb 29, 2008 · Feb. 29, 2008 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Roll the credits on New Line Cinema, the 40-year-old studio behind such iconic movie franchises as “The Lord of the Rings,” “Austin Powers” and ...

7. www.reddit.com › r › todayilearnedTIL New Line Cinema gambled their entire company on the ...

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   Yeah, New Line were originally known as “The House That Freddy Built” due to their success in the ‘80s with the Elm Street movies. With that success and with that of the TMNT, the LOTR movies would not be possible. Fun fact: Lin Shaye, who plays Elise in the Insidious movies, is the sister of New Line CEO Bob Shaye.

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   Why did New Line Cinema reject set it off?

   • In an older interview with Takashi Bufford, he said, “When we took Set It Off to New Line Cinema, they rejected it three times and the reason they rejected it is that they thought black males would not support a film with gunslinging black females.” Were you aware of that rejection? See there?

   Vivica A. Fox Answers Every Question We Have About Set It Off - Vulture

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   What happened to new line?

   • Back in February, Warner Brothers announced that it was absorbing New Line into its big-studio fold and kicking out Shaye and the man who co-founded the company with him, Michael Lynne. Yesterday, the demolition began in earnest as 450 of New Line's 600 staff were told they would lose their jobs by June.

   Dial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema

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   Why did New Line Cinema sand down the Golden Compass?

   • New Line Cinema decided it wanted all of the success with none of the controversy from The Golden Compass, so it acquired the rights to the trio of books, invested $180million into the production budget, and recruited an all-star ensemble cast. In an effort to avoid potential controversy, New Line Cinema opted to sand down the edges of The Golden Compass.

   The movie that bankrupted New Line Cinema

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   Is new line shuttered?

   • Now, though, New Line has effectively been shuttered and readied for the wrecking ball. Back in February, Warner Brothers announced that it was absorbing New Line into its big-studio fold and kicking out Shaye and the man who co-founded the company with him, Michael Lynne.

   Dial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema

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   Did new line sign a death warrant?

   • New Line Cinema aimed to replicate the success of The Lord of the Rings, but instead signed its own death warrant with the production of a disastrous movie. New Line Cinema was an industry institution for the majority of its existence, until this misstep ended up scuppering its standalone identity.

   The movie that bankrupted New Line Cinema

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   Why did new line cancel 'the Incredible Hulk'?

   • Instead, New Line decided to push back the release until 2009, a decision that the studio blamed on clashes with the stars' other 2008 pictures, In Bruges (Farrell) and The Incredible Hulk (Norton). The irate O'Connor decided to withhold his next promised script until he had a decent explanation.

   Dial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema

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9. www.rogerebert.com › interviews › i-get-a-kick-outI Get a Kick Out of Entertaining People: Robert Shaye ...

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   Sep 16, 2019 · When I learned that Robert Shaye (Bob), founder of New Line Cinema and Unique Features, had directed his third feature, “Ambition,” I knew that I had to interview him myself. He produced some of the biggest horror and fantasy films at a time when independent filmmakers and studios were not thought of as mainstream.