WME's building in Beverly Hills. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment It's a pre-Thanksgiving surprise at two of the Big Three talent agencies. A trio of top film agents at Creative Artists Agency are defecting to rival WME Group, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Film agents Adam Schweitzer, Matt Martin and Trevor Astbury are decamping from CAA for the Richard Weitz and Christian Muirhead-run WME, sources say. It's not clear why the defections are under way but this time of year sees contract negotiations occur at the majors. And sometimes those talks don't go the way you think they should. New York-based Schweitzer, formerly co-head of the talent department at ICM, had joined the Bryan Lourd-led CAA when the mega agency closed its deal to buy ICM for $750 million in 2022. His clients include Rachel Zegler, Rebecca Ferguson, Cillian Murphy and Christoph Waltz. Martin, who reps Lilo & Stitch helmer Dean Fleischer Camp, has been with CAA since 2010 as a motion picture literary agent. He also reps John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who just signed on to direct Paramount's next Star Trek movie. Astbury, who has Bumblebee director Travis Knight, Now You See Me helmer Louis Leterrier, Dune writer Jon Spaihts and Arrival scribe Eric Heisserer, joined CAA in 2014 after a decade-plus at run at Paradigm. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Warner Bros. Discovery On to the Next Round: Warner Bros. Discovery Sets New Bidding Deadline Amid Sale Talks Theater Broadway Box Office: 'Harry Potter' Hits Highest Gross Yet With Tom Felton THR, Esq Range Countersues CAA Over Noncompetes, Retaliation sports rights New NBA and MLB TV Deals Will Drive Global Sports-Media Spend to $78 Billion in Five Years imax Imax Shares Rise on Bear-Turned-Bull Analyst Upgrade Representation YouTuber Airrack Signs With CAA (Exclusive) Warner Bros. Discovery On to the Next Round: Warner Bros. Discovery Sets New Bidding Deadline Amid Sale Talks Theater Broadway Box Office: 'Harry Potter' Hits Highest Gross Yet With Tom Felton THR, Esq Range Countersues CAA Over Noncompetes, Retaliation sports rights New NBA and MLB TV Deals Will Drive Global Sports-Media Spend to $78 Billion in Five Years imax Imax Shares Rise on Bear-Turned-Bull Analyst Upgrade Representation YouTuber Airrack Signs With CAA (Exclusive)