Charles Stephen Haas (born October 22, 1952), also known as Charles Haas or Charlie Haas, is an American

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, and

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Biography

Haas was born in

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, the son of Eunice (

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Dillon) and Philip Haas, who was an attorney. Haas began his writing career with the film '' Over the Edge'' (1979). It was co-written with Tim Hunter and starred

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. He later worked on '' Martians Go Home'' (1990) starring Randy Quaid. At around this time he was approached to write the script to the film '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990), which was directed by

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and produced by

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. Haas also had a small acting role in the film as one of the scientists. Haas later took part in recording the DVD commentary for that film, and it was noted that it was Haas's idea to set that film in

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. Haas would later work with Dante and Finnell again, writing the script for and appearing in the film '' Matinee'' (1993), also work with Dante again on developing a script titled ''Termite Terrace'', based on

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' start at Warner Brothers in the 1930s, the project ultimately never made it to the pre-production stages as Warner Bros. chose to make '' Space Jam'' instead. Haas wrote the 2009 novel ''The Enthusiast'', which was published by HarperCollins. He also wrote a humor piece for

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in April 2010.Haas, Charlie. "Seder, the Sundance Movie." The New Yorker, 5 April 2010

/ref> In 2022, he presented a new novel, ''Sunland'', as twelve serialized episodes of The Last We Fake fiction podcast. In October 2024, Haas published his second novel, ''The Current Fantasy''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

* ''The Enthusiast'' (2009) * * ''The Current Fantasy'' (2024)

References

External links

*
Spelunk
an excerpt from the novel ''The Enthusiast,'' Narrative Magazine. * The Last We Fake fiction podcas

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