A Deer Park actor is eagerly awaiting the release of his latest film in Australia next month.
Steven Haar, 34, worked behind the lens this time around as an associate producer for Plan 9, a remake of 1959 science-fiction thriller Plan 9 from Outer Space.
The new film, which makes its world-wide debut on DVD in Australia on February 19, was filmed in the US state of Virginia.
It stars Brian Klause of Charmed and Sleepwalkers fame, Addy Miller from The Walking Dead, and James Rolfe from The Angry Video Game Nerd.
Haar said the original, which gained a cult status for being so bad that it was ‘good’, was a great movie to reimagine.
“This has been a couple of years in the making,” he said.
“Being an independent movie, it’s harder to get the funding and source locations and get well-known actors and, once filming is done, finding distribution, but I loved being involved.”
Haar, whose favourites growing up included The Three Stooges, has spent his life chasing roles behind and in front of the camera.
He boasts a resumé of feature films, short movies and screenplays that he has been involved with including Dante’s Inferno, Slayground and M Is for Malarkey.
But it was his job as associate producer for the Australian feature film Mystery: Born to Rock – in which he also had a small acting role – that resulted in his invitation to Cannes last year for the film’s screening.
Haar, who loves both comedy and horror films, says his ultimate role would be in a movie combining the two. He’s currently considering a few movie projects for this year but has yet to sign on a dotted line.
