Three Top CAA Film Agents Reportedly Defecting to WME

The reported moves come during the industry's late-year contract cycle.

Overview

The Hollywood Reporter says Adam Schweitzer, Matt Martin and Trevor Astbury are leaving Creative Artists Agency for WME, which is led by Richard Weitz and Christian Muirhead.
Schweitzer, previously co-head of talent at ICM, joined CAA after its $750 million purchase of ICM in 2022 and is reported to represent Rachel Zegler, Rebecca Ferguson, Cillian Murphy and Christoph Waltz.
Martin has been a CAA motion picture literary agent since 2010 and represents filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp as well as John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.
Astbury joined CAA in 2014 after more than a decade at Paradigm and is said to represent Travis Knight, Louis Leterrier, Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer.
No reason for the defections has been confirmed, with THR noting the timing aligns with common contract negotiations and that the situation remains developing.