OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN & EXPENDABLES 3 Screenwriters Discuss Breaking Into Hollywood & Working with Stars

LONDON HAS FALLEN, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN & THE EXPENDABLES 3 screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt talk about their process of writing screenplays, and navigating the film industry in this uncensored interview. The process of working with Sylvester Stallone, Antoine Fuqua, and their transition from the corporate business side of life to making movies for a living is discussed with Sebastian Twardosz in this episode of the Insiders on TheLipTV.

Guest Bio

Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt are screenwriters whose first produced screenplay, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart, grossed over $160 million at the worldwide box office and garnered an “A-” CinemaScore. They followed this up by writing THE EXPENDABLES 3 with Sylvester Stallone. The two next penned LONDON HAS FALLEN (sequel to OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN), which is currently filming in the United Kingdom.

Currently, Rothenberger and Benedikt are working on multiple projects for Luc Besson’s Europacorp, and an action/thriller for Radar Pictures.

Benedikt, born in Reykjavík, Iceland, graduated from the Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Philosophy. The married writing duo first met in a screenwriting class in Philadelphia in 2000, before making the move to Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue their film careers.