Toby Emmerich has been named President & COO, New Line Cinema and will lead its reorganization to become a stand-alone production entity as part of Warner Bros. Entertainment, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, and Alan Horn, President & COO, Warner Bros.

New Line will continue to maintain its own development, creative and production teams. In addition, New Line's marketing, publicity, distribution, business and legal affairs and physical production will report to Emmerich, but will closely coordinate with their Warner Bros. counterparts.

Emmerich will report directly to Horn. He will also work closely with Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, as New Line will utilize WBPG's existing infrastructure to reduce costs and take advantage of Warner Bros.' industry-leading scale.

"There isn't a better person than Toby to help us keep New Line vibrant, relevant and a key asset for Warner Bros.," said Meyer. "We are thrilled that he and New Line are now part of our family."

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