Juanpa Zurita Leaves CAA for WME — SkimNews
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- Juanpa Zurita signed with WME for representation, shifting from his previous agency CAA, with WME set to work alongside his longtime management at DW Entertainment & Media.
- Zurita, 30, first rose to fame on Twitter's Vine and now commands a global digital audience of more than 90 million followers — over 32 million on Instagram, 15 million on TikTok and 11.3 million on YouTube.
- WME will rep Zurita across acting, producing and original IP, building on credits that include creating, showrunning, executive producing and starring in Hulu/Disney+'s "La Peor Vuelta al Mundo."
- Arco Entertainment, the production house Zurita co-founded, oversees a slate of film and unscripted projects, including the Roku Originals series "Carpe DM."
- Zurita is currently developing a feature film with Netflix alongside a programming slate for Disney+ in Latin America, adding to past collaborations with Amazon's Prime Video, Warner Bros. Discovery, National Geographic and TelevisaUnivision's ViX.
- His brand partnerships span Tiffany & Co., Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas, Red Bull, Bank of America and American Express.
Why it matters: WME inherits a creator whose 90-million-plus audience is already pre-packaged with a Netflix feature in development and a Disney+ Latin America slate attached — meaning the agency isn't betting on raw social-media upside but on monetizing an existing multi-platform footprint. The shift from CAA also repositions Zurita for cross-border packaging between Hollywood streamers and Latin American networks like TelevisaUnivision's ViX.
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