[4] Mollner had become involved with the company by the age of five, later stating in 2015 that "it was a great household to be from, because you're instantly the most popular kid in school".

[5][6][7] To this day, Mollner takes three months off from filmmaking around Halloween each year to return to Las Vegas and help his family run the business.

[8] In 2005, after ending a year-long starring role in a stage production of Tony n' Tina's Wedding at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Mollner moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film industry.

Believing his dream to direct films was a long shot, he did not pursue it immediately, instead taking small acting jobs to pay the bills while writing screenplays in his spare time.

[3][5] He soon became frustrated with acting in LA, explaining in an interview that he was tired of "being a tool in someone else's vision... having to read lines from someone else's script [while] wanting to be doing what [the directors] are doing".