“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.” IfsWantYearsI CanFactsHollywoodGenrePirateCaribbean Author:Dean Devlin
“We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.” PeoplePedestal Author:Dean Devlin
“As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.” FirstsFilmIndependenceSeriesIndependence Day Author:Dean Devlin
“We are cannibalizing our audience by only giving them regurgitated material. Every movie is either a remake, a sequel, based on something else. Based on a former television series. Based on a successful videogame.” GivingAudienceSuccessfulTelevisionMaterialsSeriesFormerRemakesSequelsVideogame Author:Dean Devlin
“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.” PerfectGroupsHollywoodEntertainmentPartnersExecutivesStableElectricDistributionPromotionParamountPerfect Partner Author:Dean Devlin
“The great thing about adventure, when told correctly, is it is one of the few genres that everybody in the family can watch together. Our television has become so targeted, it's so specific that there's literally nothing else on television that grandparents are watching with their grandkids, and they're both entertained.” TogetherAdventureGreat ThingsGrandparentGrandkids Author:Dean Devlin
