Paramount Pictures is a perfect partner for Electric Entertainment, with the most stable group of executives in Hollywood and unparalleled global promotion and distribution reach. Dean Devlin distributionelectricentertainment Change image and share on social
Filmmaking is a real democracy - it's up to the audience to vote with their tickets. Dean Devlin audiencedemocracyfilmmake Change image and share on social
I hope to make the most expensive movie in history at some point! Dean Devlin expensivehistoryhope Change image and share on social
There was no studio involved when we made 'Stargate.' It was financed through Le Studio Canal+ in France and, after the film was finished, it was sold to MGM. When the film was a success, MGM decided to do a television series based on the movie. Dean Devlin basecanaldecide share on social
As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one. Dean Devlin dayfilmindependence Change image and share on social
When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead. It's a dead genre. No one wants to see science fiction anymore.' And I had to go and raise the money independently to make that movie. Dean Devlin anymoredeadfiction share on social
I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it. Dean Devlin askbadcaribbean share on social
I would love it if the whole 'Godzilla' franchise was revitalized for a new generation. Dean Devlin franchisegenerationgodzilla Change image and share on social
Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.' Dean Devlin agobackboatload share on social