Dean Devlin

Dean Devlin

Chief Executive Officer

Dean Devlin has produced and co-written some of the most successful feature films of all time -- Independence Day, Stargate, and Godzilla -- which collectively grossed more than 1.4 billion dollars worldwide. In May of 2001, he founded Electric Entertainment, where he serves as chairman and CEO. Electric is a full-service film, television and worldwide sales and distribution company. Electric is rapidly expanding under Devlin’s leadership. The company recently launched its premium OTT app and FAST channel, ElectricNOW, which is a one-stop shop for fans to enjoy all their favorite shows for free, also available in a 24/7 live streaming broadcast. ElectricNOW is available on numerous platforms including The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Freevee, Sling TV, Plex, STIRRLocal Now, TiVo Plus, Redbox, Vizio, XUMO, TCL Channel, StremiumDistro TV, and Select TV.

Electric Entertainment is currently in production with several highly anticipated  TV series. The SYFY original series “The Ark,” premiered in February 2023. Season 2 of “The Ark” is currently in post-production. Dean serves as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner. Devlin recently served as executive producer, writer, and director on the smash hit reboot of “Leverage, “Leverage: Redemption”, which is now streaming on Amazon Freevee. Season 3 of “Leverage: Redemption” is currently in production and will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2024. He also serves as co-showrunner, co-creator, and writer for “Almost Paradise,” starring Christian Kane, which aired on WGNA spring 2020 and is currently available to stream on Amazon Freevee. Season 2 of “Almost Paradise” premiered in July 2023 on Amazon Freevee. He is executive producer of “The Outpostwhich aired its fourth season on The CW in July 2021, and is now streaming on Amazon Freevee.

Devlin executive-produced five seasons of the action-packed TNT series, “Leverage,” three “The Librarian” movies of the week for TNT, starring Noah Wyle, which led to four seasons of “The Librarians” series starring Wyle, Rebecca Romijn and John Larroquette. A new spin-off series, entitled “The Librarians: The Next Chapter,” is currently in production for The CW. In 2005, he executive produced, along with Bryan Singer, the Emmy-winning Syfy project, “The Triangle”.

On the theatrical side, Devlin directed and produced "Bad Samaritan,” which stars David Tennant and Robert Sheehan, and was released on 2,000 screens through Electric’s distribution arm.  Also, under the Electric banner, Devlin produced the full-length feature The Deal”, the dystopian drama directed by Orsi Nagypál, which is now available on The Roku Channel.

Prior to forming Electric Entertainment, Devlin produced the Mel Gibson period drama, “The Patriot,” which was nominated for three Academy Awards® and earned Gibson a People’s Choice Award for Best Actor. 

As of 9/28/23