Paul Thomas Anderson Exits WME For CAA

COMMENTS (26)

• To be fair, does anybody like to pay commissions?

  Comment by Business — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• Did PTA just realize this? And did Fogelman/Simpson/Newman/Ari do anything to save this? Any word on who at CAA he went to? Craig Gering? John Campisi? Doc? Lourd?

  Comment by Anon — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 6:09pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love the spin…

  In reality not having a real feature agent like John Lesher to hand-hold is the problem.

  Comment by Danzig vs Darthmouth — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 6:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• jeez, if CAA aren’t charging commissions, maybe *I* should jump too

  Comment by wme client — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 6:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• Two things: first, I thought PTA left Endeavor a couple of years ago, did he return? Second, do they not charge commissions at CAA?

  Comment by Anyone know? — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 6:47pm PST  Reply to this post

• How will that work any different at CAA?

  Comment by barry — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 6:53pm PST  Reply to this post

• What’s that you say, Nikki? That’s P.T.A. DOESN’T enjoy giving away ten percent of his income to his reps? Hmmm. Interesting. Verrrry interesting.

  Seriously, Nikki. Are we to assume from this report that CAA is agreeing to wave all of their future commissions for this dude?

  Why, pray tell, would they do that?

  Comment by filmklassik — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 7:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• CAA doesn’t charge commission? What would be the upside for them? What a horrible, horrible WME spin. They blow.

  Comment by Pike Bishop — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 7:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• Me neither. Or taxes. Or anything really. I like things free.

  Comment by rightsaided — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 7:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• fair enough

  Comment by Bigbilly — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 8:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• Is it just me or is Donnelly hemorrhaging Leshers old clients… Where is Lesher?

  Comment by rick hunter — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 8:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• aren’t they all 10%?

  people generally take superlatives lightly, but i think pta is one of the most brilliant people working in the industry today. can’t imagine agents and him see eye to eye on anything, wondering if maybe wme couldn’t get the legs his next project needed?

  Comment by question — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 8:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• When the real money starts to be made…some clients (not all) resent remunerating their agents who have worked so hard for years on their behalf. Not all agents earn their commission but quite a few do…it is business after all.

  Comment by Show Business - Not Show Friends — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 9:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• lol… who does? Unfortunate for WME, CAA picked up a really talented guy.

  Comment by cameron — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 9:52pm PST  Reply to this post

• who does?

  Comment by shp — Monday March 1, 2010 @ 10:47pm PST  Reply to this post

• What, he won’t pay commission at CAA?

  Comment by jr — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 2:01am PST  Reply to this post

• Agents are that unnecessary evil that exists because all of us who really makes it happen, are lazy to take our affairs into out own hands. Imagine if they disappear, nothing will change, only better movies will be made.

  Comment by Victor Gehring — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 5:09am PST  Reply to this post

• Um… nobody likes to pay commission.

  Comment by Ed — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 7:15am PST  Reply to this post

• This actually surprises me. He’s been recognized by the Academy, and seems to be able to bring a lot of major players together.

  Comment by njames — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 7:17am PST  Reply to this post

• And CAA doesn’t take commissions??? Huh?

  Comment by MookieNYC — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 7:20am PST  Reply to this post

• Ow.

  Comment by Indrid Cold — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 7:35am PST  Reply to this post

• It’s ‘artists’ like PTA that think they do it ALL BY THEMSELVES. U can say whatever U want about these agencies – and agents in general, but they hustle so these very same artists can realize THEIR DREAMS. Shame on any of U “talent” that feel U can avoid paying commissions!

  Comment by Telling It Like It Is — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 10:12am PST  Reply to this post

• No one likes to pay commission, why are you trying downplay this? Paul Thomas Anderson left Endeavor for William Morris last year, and now that he is back at Endeavor by default, he left them again.

  Comment by jeff — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 10:25am PST  Reply to this post

• So CAA will be working pro bono?

  Comment by Sympathetic Hero — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 10:52am PST  Reply to this post

• He is the best director working right now.

  Comment by Mr. B — Tuesday March 2, 2010 @ 4:11pm PST  Reply to this post