EXCLUSIVE: Beverly Hills-based management and production company Underground has bolstered its team with the addition of Aaron Folbe as manager, Deadline has learned.
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Folbe joins Industry Entertainment after just over two years as Lit Coordinator. In his new role, he will continue to focus on supporting and developing the careers of writers, directors and artists.
Folbe's new role comes on the heels of a major win for his clients Adam and Daniel Cooper, who in June sold their short story "I Used To Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale" to Amazon MGM Studios for development as a feature film, with Ryan Gosling and his production company General Admission serving as producers. Folbe took on the Cooper twins as clients while he was at Industry, closing the deal between his departure from that company and his appointment at Underground. The Coopers will adapt the screenplay for the film, which is set in a "post-post-apocalyptic" world where former zombies struggle to reintegrate.
In a statement about Folbe's appointment, Underground founder Trevor Engelson told Deadline, "Aaron is the perfect combination of smarts and drive. He was an instant fit and we are so happy to have him join Underground. We are thrilled to have him."
