CAA to Buy ICM Partners, Uniting Hollywood Talent Agencies

  • Accord cements Creative Artists’ leadership repping stars
  • Pandemic, end of ‘packaging’ deals have hurt talent business
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Creative Artists Agency agreed to buy competitor ICM Partners, uniting two of Hollywood’s biggest agencies in a mega-deal that will create the largest home for talent in the entertainment business.

With the accord, CAA will add ICM’s deep roster of TV writers and producers to a client list that already includes many of the biggest movie stars, musicians and athletes. Their lineup of big-name talent ranges from super-producer Shonda Rhimes and Bill Lawrence, co-creator of “Ted Lasso,” to Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Chris Paul.