Derek Haas

Please join Alameda Writers Group – Los Angeles on Saturday, February 6^th when Derek Haas will talk about the differences between writing screenplays and fiction, the challenges and benefits of writing with a partner, and how to build a career

Writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are the force behind such engaging, fast-paced, kinetic screenplays as 2008’s blockbuster WANTED.  Brandt and Haas’s adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel starred James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie and grossed $339 million worldwide.

Haas’s first best-selling novel, THE SILVER BEAR, a thriller centered on the life of an assassin, was published by Pegasus books (distributed by Norton) in July 2008, and the sequel, COLUMBUS, just came out in November.

Brandt and Haas are currently adapting the novel THE THIRTEENTH HOUR for New Line Cinema with Michael DeLuca producing.  Brandt and Haas also adapted THE MATARESE CIRCLE, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel, for MGM with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Nick Wechsler producing.    Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise are attached to star and David Cronenberg will direct. 

Brandt and Haas first met at Baylor University in 1989, where they attended both undergrad and graduate school. At Baylor, Haas graduated with an MA in English Literature. The duo started writing screenplays together in the mid 1990s.

Their first produced work, Universal’s 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, has amassed over $236M in worldwide box office. In September 2007, Brandt and Haas wrote the film 3:10 TO YUMA, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, directed by James Mangold.

Haas’s first best-selling novel, THE SILVER BEAR, a thriller centered on the life of an assassin, was published by Pegasus books (distributed by Norton) in July 2008, and the sequel, COLUMBUS, just came out in November.

The Alameda Writers Group – Los Angeles (AWG) hosts its monthly meeting on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. and the meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Glendale Central Library, 222 East Harvard St. Glendale, 91205. Telephone (818) 548-2030. Admission is free, and the library validates parking in the Good Guys parking structure at Harvard and Maryland. 

The AWG presents lectures by novelists, screenwriters, agents, producers, and other industry professionals at free monthly meetings.  In addition, AWG hosts special interest groups that offer support and feedback for our members’ works in progress.  Visit alamedawritersgroup.org. for more information.

Next Meeting
Saturday, March 6, 2010
10:00 am – noon Upstairs Auditorium
Glendale Central Library
222 E. Harvard St.
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