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Boyter Flees New Line as MGM Bulks Up For The Future [Parent Trap]

The first New Line refugee has officially landed at MGM, where new president Mary Parent hired ex-NL development exec Cale Boyter to help iron out the resurgent studio's forthcoming production slate....

Mourning Bob Shaye, Last Of The Great Indie Mogulsaurs [Career Obituaries]

With the recent absorption by tractor beam of sputtering starship New Line Cinema into the immense Warner Borg, the LAT takes a moment to reassess the legacy left behind by its founder, Bob Shaye....

Breaking: Troubled New Line Absorbed Into Warner Borg [In Gobblings]

This just in! Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, the heads of troubled™ studio New Line, having learned the hard way of what comes of placing too many eggs into flying-reptile and fighting-polar-bear...

Will Ferrell Admirably Unafraid To Use His Body To Sell Some Tickets [Free Advertising Dept]

Sure, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue spread showing Will Ferrell pawing at a bikini- clad Heidi Klum was a mildly titillating stab at selling the movie with skin, but we suppose the magazine's...

Will Ferrell Takes 'Semi-Pro' Crossover Tour To 'SI' Swimsuit Issue [Will Ferrell]

Following up his memorable turn in the Super Bowl's multimillion dollar crossover ad "Jackie Moon Enjoys A Frosty, Colon-Clearing Bud Light," Will Ferrell has taken the campaign for Semi-Pro to the...

Everybody's Suing Everybody Day continues! ... [Lord Of The Rings]

Everybody's Suing Everybody Day continues! Accusing New Line of employing the kind of "Hollywood accounting" practices that could secret billions of dollars of Lord of the Rings revenues in...

Michael Bay Ready To Ruin 'Nightmare On Elm Street' For A New Generation Of Horror Fans [Hollywood O

Continuing his obsessive quest to take the finest slasher films the 1970s and 80s had to offer and update them for an ADD-addled teen audience eager to see the stars of their favorite The CW...

New Line, MGM Hope To Appease 'Hobbit' Fans By Throwing Big Bag Of Money At Guillermo Del Toro [Savi

Having recently buried the $40 million hatchet with Peter Jackson to bring to an end that ugly feud over Lord of the Rings profits, New Line (and partner MGM) can now turn its attention to the...

Nikki Finke reports that New Line's Michael ... [New Line]

Nikki Finke reports that New Line's Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye will soon be having a heart-to-heart with Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes about their expiring contracts, which her sources are "virtually...

Yesterday, there was much rejoicing in Fanboy ... [Peter Jackson]

Yesterday, there was much rejoicing in Fanboy Middle Earth following the announcement that director Peter Jackson would return to produce two The Hobbit movies for New Line after settling his dispute...