American - Director | August 27, 1962 -
The days of family entertainment seem to have left us.
Dean Devlin
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I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.
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In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film.
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In the '80s, all the movies became predictable.
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'Stargate' was more a fantasy.
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In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.
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It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.'
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We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part.
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We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?'
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Following a pre-cellphone world of children on an adventure is incredibly appealing for me. These are the kinds of movies I fell in love with and made me want to be a filmmaker in the first place.
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I love what they do with 'Doctor Who,' where they have the series, and then they do a big Christmas movie special.
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There's a lot of superhero stuff out there and a lot of cop stuff out there. What we have very little of anymore is adventure.
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