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 Chri

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