New Line Cinema is developing a new DVD movie called The Crib, which is being co-produced by Ice Cube’s production company, Cube Vision. While details of the The Crib were not revealed, the partnership with Ice Cube’s company is part of a flurry of activity from New Line in the urban DVD world. New Line is in the process of rewriting a script for a sequel to the 1996 movie Set It Off, which starred rapper Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise as female bank robbers. The original script was written by Takashi Bufford and Kate Lanier. While most of the movies will be straight-to-DVD releases, representatives for New Line said that theatrical premieres were not out of the question.

Straight to DVD flicks seem to be more prevelant these days. At the same time, films aren’t at the theater too long before the DVD is released in stores. But DVDs can be moneymakers for the studios so I can see why.

Ice Cube is making big moves too. I will post more details on The Crib as they come in.