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The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Geoff Rodkey - 06/29/21

The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman & Gemini XIII

Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Geoff Rodkey, screenwriter, novelist, on the long road toward creative freedom, and the decisions that got him there. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Coppelman. Thanks for listening.

0:08.4

Rod, you're so excited. I know Rod, you're laughing because you obviously have heard

0:12.2

me say it a bunch and now you're what we're together here. My buddy, Jeff Rod,

0:16.9

he I'm so thrilled. It's for me, whenever I have someone who's actually a friend on the podcast,

0:22.3

it's very satisfying because I only put my friends on when they've, and maybe this is something

0:27.6

bad about me, but I would put my friends on when they've accomplished something that I feel like

0:31.7

you're all going to enjoy listening to and I'm going to get something out of the combo and

0:35.6

Rod, he has more than done that. Jeff, man, I was like looking at all the stuff that you've done.

0:42.9

And it really is incredible how many books and movies you've written. You know, two or three

0:51.1

different series for kids, including the series you're doing now with Kevin Hart, which is best

0:56.9

selling series. And then your new book for adults, which is just coming out and getting

1:05.9

rave reviews, which made me so happy and is a wonderful book lights out in Lincoln Wood about which

1:11.6

we will speak. But before that, and I guess still concurrently, you're a successful screenwriter.

1:20.2

And although you often pour mouth yourself as a screenwriter, the truth is almost nobody gets

1:26.6

one screenplay produced. And you have had four screenplays.

1:33.7

Well, to be fair, I think I pour myself less as a screenwriter than I pour mouth the movies

1:40.8

that have my name attached to them. Fine. Fine. You know, that's I think the distinction.

1:48.3

Yeah, you don't like the movies that were made for them. And honestly, looking at that,

1:51.2

I don't blame you, but you're you still had an, you know, Daddy Daycare and RV and Shaggy Dog. And

1:58.9

one, I don't know, good luck, Charlie. That was a Disney Channel TV movie.

2:03.9

But, you know, it's a tremendous amount of content that you created. Because also, I mean, before

2:10.8

lights out in Lincoln Wood, although you're it's not really on your website, I guess it isn't the

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