Can't stop browsing google groups... So I misunderstood this guy. I thought he was being pseudo-tolerant with the random "regardless of his sexuality" but of course he meant even if Lukas wasn't gay, he'd still be a fan. He calls him his gay idol somewhere else. One reason he seems so random is that he started the same thread three times and is replying to people in the wrong place sometimes, apparently...

I read that Lukas' character in 24 was originally supposed to be beaten to death. I would have suffered some severe emotional trauma! I was wayy invested in that story line. Fortunately they realized this risk and reconsidered!

Now I heard of a few people who think Lukas is a terrible actor, jealous Natalie Portman fans from 1999. Some of those guys had issues... D:

So apropos Natalie: a cute pic from around 2001 - and the one from performing Roses at the MTV awards 2004 ... Or was that already posted?

OK, I'll stop reading now!

New Mobli Pictures.

The first one was taken in Burbank and the second one was taken in Woodland Hills

Published on twitter yesturday

Strand Releasing ‏@strandreleasing

Be sure to follow the Crazy Eyes Facebook page for in on Q&A screenings w/ Madeline Zima, Lukas Haas, and Jake Busey! https://www.facebook.com/CrazyEyesFilm

So Crazy Eyes is starting in NY and LA on the 6th, then San Francisco and Seattle then who knows. Would love to see this on the big screen, but I don't live in a big US city, damnit.

Fashion editorial in form of a short film, featuring Lukas and his brothers and some model sisters:

Rarely will you see a film as bleak as this one. If you want to get depressed about alcoholics Leaving Las Vegas with Nic Cage is a far better choice. Crazy Eyes is yet another tale of self destruction via alcohol—and not a particularly interesting one. The lead character Zach (Lukas Haas) is a divorced father of a 5-year-old who spends every minute of every day getting drunk and drunker.

Zach lives in Los Angeles and has an endless flow of cash, which is never quite explained. One can assume he was born to rich parents. It is a boring life so alas, it’s a boring movie. Zach gets drunk, Zach sleeps with women, he has an ex-wife who justifiably can’t stand him and a son who yearns for his love and attention. “Crazy Eyes” is the nickname he gives to Rebecca (Madeline Zima), a woman who drinks as much as he does and suffers the same kind of hangovers. They stumble around going nowhere together.

Zach has a bartending best friend, Dan Drake, played with enthusiasm by Jake Busey. In fact, every one of the actors are extremely talented but the script is like a flat-lined monitor. How many scenes can an audience endure with a protagonist who's a self-obsessed drunk? A movie is supposed to have a story. A character needs to go on a journey. This guy is living a groundhog’s day—drink, have sex, awake hungover, rinse, repeat.

Zach’s father (Ray Wise) becomes ill, so our anti-hero manages to wobble over to the hospital and slur. Meanwhile, his mother (Valerie Mahaffey) is losing touch with reality and Zach is of no help. He’s a rotten dad too. His son packs an overnight bag and eagerly waits for Zach to come collect him for a visit but surprise, surprise, the alcoholic can’t show up.

The saddest part of this film, written by Adam Sherman, Dave Reeves and Rachel Hardisty is that it's 98% true. “The lead [Zach] is based on my life,” Sherman said. “The girl [Rebecca] the lead [Zach] is obsessed with and dating throughout the film is one of my writing partners, and his best friend [Dan] is my other writing partner. So, basically I wrote an autobiographical film in collaboration with the other characters in the film.”

Crazy Eyes does have a great soundtrack but here are 5 better movies to see about alcoholism: Days of Wine and Roses, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, The Lost Weekend, Barfly and Sideways.

'Crazy Eyes' opens in NYC July 6, 2012. 96 minutes. Not Rated.

Source: http://www.examiner.com

In regards to the soundtrack:

'Crazy Eyes' Soundtrack Features Music by Bobby Johnston and Several Independent Artists

Release Date: June 28th, 2012

Lakeshore Records will release Crazy Eyes – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on July 3, 2012. The soundtrack features original music composed by Bobby Johnston (Mother's Day, Wristcutters: A Love Story) and new songs by indie artists Stepfather, Gvcci Hvcci, Sister Spaceman and Lindsay Heath.

Zach (Lukas Haas, Inception, Mars Attacks!) seems to be living the Hollywood bachelor dream – he's got a house in the hills, the phone numbers for dozens of beautiful women and a hard-partying lifestyle aided and abetted by his bartender pal, Dan (Jake Busey, Enemy of the State, Starship Troopers). It seems nothing can tie down this divorced father, until he meets "Crazy Eyes" (Madeline Zima, Californication TV series, The Nanny TV series) – the one woman he can't have. As the two embark on a love-crazed, booze-fueled relationship, Zach's family issues begin to take center-stage, questioning whether or not this partying lost boy can step up to the challenge and become a man. Crazy Eyes was co-written and directed by Adam Sherman (Happiness Runs, Wristcutters: A Love Story), produced by Hagai Shaham (The Details, Mean Creek) and music supervised by Doug Bernheim (Half Nelson, Transamerica).

"The first scenes I scored were the ones between Zach and Rebecca - the snappy, jazz pieces," said composer Bobby Johnston. "I think we wanted to set the tone for the partying scenes before moving on to the more emotive parts."

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Johnston's music has been featured extensively on the radio program This American Life. Johnston was called 'a new voice in film' by Film Score Monthly, his soundtrack for King of the Ants earned him critical praise in film music circles. His credits also include Wristcutters: A Love Story, Edmond, No Impact Man and Spooner.

Johnston's approach to composing utilizes organic and acoustic instruments, which he plays himself, often complimented by featured soloists. This approach perfectly matched with Adam Sherman's vision for the film.

"He talked about using a female singer to do scat-like, la-la vocals. He also knew he wanted to use finger snapping on Zach and Rebecca's themes," Johnston described, "I knew right away that Lisa Papineau should sing the vocals. As soon as Adam heard her voice, he was convinced as well." Other musicians included Dan Clucas (trumpet), Brian Walsh (Clarinet), David Markowitz (violin and mandolin), Jim Lang (accordion), Marc Doten (Bass), John Krovoza (cello), Carlos Alvidrez and Sheffer Bruton (trombones).

Johnston continued, "Adam wanted some of the score to be influenced by traditional music from disparate sources, such as Russian folk, French, American blues along with prohibition-era jazz. I think this was important, because somehow it helped keep the score from editorializing on the heavy drinking and drug use in the film. We didn't want to glamorize it, but we also didn't wanted to pass judgment."

Crazy Eyes will be distributed by Stand Releasing and hits theaters in limited release on July 6, 2012. The Crazy Eyes - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available digitally on July 3, 2012.

Source: http://www.soundtrac...rticle/?id=1472

More official stills:

http://www.forbes.co...no-heat-relief/

A woman and man whose romance is not with each other, but with booze, are the core characters of “Crazy Eyes,” opening July 6. Painful and fascinating, the film is the somewhat autobiographical collaboration between director Adam Sherman and co-writer Rachel Hardisty, who’ve been drinking buddies in real life.

In the film, Zach (Lukas Haas), an independently wealthy guy, divorced and with no anchors to reality, is surrounded by sycophants who hang with him because he buys them drinks and tips lavishly. Crazy Eyes (Madeline Zima), a regular in his disconnected world, refuses his attempts at intimacy and, in her way, challenges his lifestyle. Nothing much happens in the film, but the interplay between Zach and Crazy Eyes is raw, threatening and quite mesmerizing.

And that's just so cleverly written, I wanted to link:

http://thefilmstage....as-the-old-one/

And that leaves us with Crazy Eyes (limited July 6). A cool composition with Madeline Zima and Lukas Haas dejectedly depressed at the bottom while the darkness of their existences floats above, the eccentrically put together array of neon letters at top nicely shines forth.

I really like that poster btw. Linked poster expert says the writing is too big, Idk maybe, still makes me want to see it.

So there's interviews for Crazy Eyes with Adam Sherman, Madline Zima and Jake Busey! Lukas was busy I guess. Some quotes about him:

Jake Busey: http://veryaware.com...-and-directing/

During filming, were you still drinking and that’s when you decided to get sober. Did you bring any judgment to the role in terms of your character’s choices?

It was interesting. Lukas [Haas] was sober and playing that character and I was still drinking. I suppose I brought as much of the free-wheelin’, fun with reckless abandon to the character that I could. I think there’s one scene that I really related to that I remember thinking, ‘Wow! We’ve all experienced this one.’ It’s funny. It didn’t really translate until we were shooting it but it’s the scene where I call him and say, ‘Let’s get up and go on a jog.’ And I wake up and I’m totally sweaty and hung over and gotta get out and go on a jog to clear my head. That was one of the moments where I thought, ‘Wow. Been here a million times.’

How did the script come to you?

My agent brought it to me or my manager – one of the two – and said, ‘Hey, there’s this movie. It’s an independent film. It’s cool. It’s kinda dark and Lukas and Madeline were attached. I’ve always been a fan of Lukas and I was a huge CALIFORNICATION fan and kinda secretly wanted to meet Madeline for all intensive purposes. I

had

to meet the fucking and punching girl. It was a good cast. I thought the script had a lot of elements that rang true to form with life that were not cheesy, fake, exaggerated or hokey. To me, it felt like it was a real project about real life experiences that happened. It was a story of transformation and awakening.

Since you play Lukas Haas’ best friend in the film, did you two hang out off set to for bonding purposes?

We didn’t get a chance to hang out off set too much. We were both busy doing the film. He was working a lot. And when I wasn’t working, I was going through a lot of personal turmoil trying to get my life in order – trying to get my act in gear. I was still drinking. Being that he’s in the program it’s like not that we didn’t get along, it’s just that we didn’t have drinking in common. We got along great on set and joked around and had a grand time. I really think he’s a cool dude. He’s a very intellectual, very artistic dude. I really liked working with him. He’s got a good humor. He’s kind of a wacky dude and I like that.

A picture of Lukas in Hawaii

More Hawaii:

LOL Chuck and his half/quarter/eighth photos of Leo. Is that some kind of game? I hope he gets more bold now that he got away with these, I love to see pictures of them together.

I didn't see anything about a Crazy Eyes interview with Lukas (there's several with Madeline Zima and Jake Busey) or the announced Q&A screening. I actually wonder if he was even there, he seems to have been in Hawaii the whole time... He kinda really sucks at self promotion! Or is he playing hard to get?

Sexy Crazy Eyes clip here: http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/crazyeyes-trailer/153487/2251302127

Not much news - partying in Vegas, partying in LA, rinse repeat.

Tweet from Vegas:

Lukas Haas next to us in the casino!!!

Looking amazing in Europe:

Also quite good looking means of transporation:

Delivery, short film with Lukas and Ethan Suplee, debuts at Rhode Island International Film Festival on August 9: http://gravitysleeps...rd-and-produced

Yay!!

http://tvline.com/2012/08/01/lukas-haas-joins-touch-series-regular/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The good folks at Fox apparently like what happens when Lukas Haas and Keifer Sutherland share the screen together. The former 24 costars will be reunited this fall when Haas joins the cast of Touch as Calvin Butterfield, a young genius entrepreneur and scientist.

According to a show source, Haas will be a series regular.

Touch returns to Fox’s schedule in its new Friday timeslot on Oct. 26, 8/7c.

sorry if this was posted before...

Gah, so cute! Don't know if it's in the thread already, but it certainly can't hurt to have it here.

Lukas has already been working on Touch on Friday (according to twitter). He posted this pic of himself in Malibu on Saturday:

And this is from New York a few days ago:

Does that mean he has that beard in Touch? That surprises me for some reason.

http://social.entert...48f8712&_nwpt=1

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FOX has issued a press release confirming the addition of Haas as Calvin Norburg, an employee for evil research organization Aster Corps who encounters Martin (Sutherland) and his secret-genius son Jake (David Mazouz) while they're on the lam in Los Angeles. It's not for certain if Haas will play a stalking baddie or sympathetic ally, although his gentle face makes one assume the latter (then again, his unlikely heel turn in "Brick" suggests capability for the opposite).

http://scifi.about.c...-casting-11.htm

Touch--We've heard less about the future of the Fox's Touch than we he have the glossy new series about to impact on us, but a few new cast members have been announced for the sophomore season. Lukas Haas, a man possessed of one of the most intriguing faces in showbiz, has a talent for appearing beside famous actors in very different projects: he appeared opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in both Brick and Inception, and after having been in three episodes of Kiefer Sutherland's previous series 24 is now joining Touch as a regular character named Calvin, a genius working for the mysterious Aster Corps that is after Jake. Also boarding Touch as a regular is Said Taghmaoui (Caesar from Lost) as Guillermo Ortiz, a smart Jesuit priest-turned-killing machine, and Saxon Sharbino as Lucy, another gifted child. Adam Campbell (Harper's Island) and Ray Santiago (Raising Hope) have joined in recurring roles, as a friend of Calvin's and a hacker at BreakWire.

Heh, a man possessed of one of the most intriguing faces in showbiz. Why, yes.

Interesting site, some info I never heard: http://www.allmusic....as-mn0000643162

Especially the credits: http://www.allmusic....0643162/credits

Adorable:

Speaking of which, how cute are those videos!

http://www.mobli.com...ction=ListMedia

http://www.mobli.com...ction=ListMedia

I know, right, baby?

Found these on Mobli..... He is in India, finishing off JOBS

Hiii LukasLov3r, great to see you posting! Love that jOBS set pic!

Aaand first look at Lukas Haas in "Touch":

http://www.tvrage.co...inds-lukas-haas

The dreamy Lukas Haas (is he still dreamy? I'm so out of touch with teenage girl culture) has joined the cast of FOX's Touch as Calvin Norburg, an algorithm specialist at the "vaguely sinister" Aster Corps, which is the research facility trying to track down Jack Bower...err...Martin Bohn (Kiefer Sutherland) and his wiz-kid son Jake (David Mazouz), said TV Guide. Norburg is listed as a reluctant evil genius. Poor evil geniuses, life is hard for them.

"He joined Aster Corps strictly for the money, but what he really wants to do is change the world. Watch for him to break away and go through a lot of unexpected changes," said Haas.

Just don't ask him to tell you what the algorithms mean.

"All those equations add up to something, I'm guessing," Haas said, refering to the scribblings behind him. "Just don't ask me what it all means.

Haas has been working in Hollywood since he was seven years old. His credits include Witness, Leap of Faith, Mars Attacks!, Zoolander, Brick, 24, Alpha Dog and Inception.

I haven't caught Touch, but I've heard good things. I think Haas makes a strong addition, as his work in Brick was pretty darn good. He's one of those people that doesn't seem to work as much as his talent level would lead you to believe he should.

http://www.tvguide.c...as-1052429.aspx

"All those equations add up to something, I'm guessing," Lukas Haas says of the chicken scratch behind him. "Just don't ask me what it all means."

Haas joins the cast of Touch (returning Oct. 26 at 8/7c on Fox) this season as Calvin Norburg, an algorithm specialist at vaguely sinister Aster Corps, the research facility trying to hunt down Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) and his brainy son, Jake (David Mazouz). Norburg may be something of a reluctant evil genius, however. "He joined Aster Corps strictly for the money, but what he really wants to do is change the world. Watch for him to break away and go through a lot of unexpected changes."

Haas, best known as the kid who saw too much opposite Harrison Ford in Witness, marks his debut as a TV-series regular in the role. "On television you end up shooting five times as much material in the same amount of hours [as a movie]," he says. "That's an equation I may never understand."

Also Yusuf from Inception will be there too:

http://www.hollywood...therland-365668

John Boyd, who starred as Arlo Glass on the eighth season of 24, has booked a recurring role on the second-year drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. In addition, Inception's Dileep Rao has boarded the series.

Boyd will recur as Kase, a brilliant math and algorithm researcher who is Calvin's (Lukas Haas) college friend and close confidant. Rao, whose credits also include Avatar, will be a recurring guest star and play Vikash Nayar, a wealthy and influential shareholder at Aster Corp.

Cannot wait.

Hey Helen. It's great to be back...

Thank you for all the recent news and update of Lukas. I found this on Berthold's facebook.

Enjoy.

Lukas' dad, Berthold, emailed this picture to me last week, when he flew to Long Island to stay with Lukas for a couple of days.

They went to a restaurant. In the picture is Chris (Simons friend), Simon, Lukas, Nikolai and his girlfriend, Djuna.

New pics.... Lukas at the Taj Mahal.....