{"id":12856,"date":"2025-09-13T01:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12856\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:03:06","slug":"sag-aftras-robin-hood-fund-finally-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12856\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA\u2019s \u2018Robin Hood Fund\u2019 Finally Set Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFran Drescher\u2019s \u201cRobin Hood fund<\/a>\u201d is finally getting off the ground, nearly two years after it was touted as a major win of the 2023 actors\u2019 strike.<\/p>\n

\n\tActors\u2019 union SAG-AFTRA<\/a> announced on Friday the establishment of the SAG-AFTRA-Producers Success Bonus Distribution Fund, a mechanism that will allow a pool of union performers beyond major stars to share in the success of top streaming projects. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the union, trustees both from labor<\/a> and management have agreed on the terms of the fund, which will offer \u201cthe first-ever secondary income stream to performers of successful made-for-streaming shows whose compensation was previously not directly linked to their show\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe fine print was not provided by the union on Friday, which said that additional information would be provided in the coming weeks. SAG-AFTRA\u2019s announcement came shortly before the union announced the results of its national elections, with Sean Astin<\/a> taking over as president from the departing Drescher.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat said, the labor group did disclose that performers who are eligible for the fund will include stand-ins, stunt riggers and background actors \u201cwith a significant connection to a qualifying project.\u201d That marks the first time that these performers will receive reuse payments for their work.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe union also stated that the list of productions that are eligible for the fund has been expanded from the previous definition provided by the 2023 TV\/theatrical contract, but did not offer specifics on what additional titles could be included.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is the last puzzle piece from the 2023 TV\/Theatrical\/Streaming contract. Successful SVOD shows on streaming channels will share their success with the SAG-AFTRA members performing on these shows,\u201d Drescher said in a statement on Friday. \u201cThis historic triumph marks the end of my tenure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA\u2019s national executive director and chief negotiator, \u201cThis fund reflects the vision and determination of President Drescher and our negotiating committee during the 2023 bargaining cycle, and now it\u2019s delivering real results. It underscores our commitment to building innovative structures that provide real economic value for artists in the streaming age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSAG-AFTRA\u2019s Friday announcement is far more specific than the initial communication around the fund. In 2023, the union stated that 75 percent of success payments triggered by high-performing streaming titles would go to performers on those shows while 25 percent would go to a larger group of union members that had yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSubject to legal review, and subject to certain conditions, the parties will create a jointly trusteed fund to administer additional payments as streaming bonuses to be paid to performers on motion pictures made for initial exhibition on SVOD services using a distribution methodology to be determined by the trustees,\u201d the union\u2019s summary of the deal stated at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrescher had intended the fund to be a means of distributing the spoils of the streaming era among a large group of union members, as THR reported at the time<\/a>. The fund was \u201cdesigned to share the wealth among more actors \u2014 even those who aren\u2019t working on the shows and films that generated it,\u201d THR reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, the union appears to be saying that the larger pool of performers that will receive distributions from the fund are non-principal performers on those successful streaming shows. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to SAG-AFTRA for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Drescher\u2019s term as SAG-AFTRA president ending, trustees working with Astin and the union\u2019s new leadership will have oversight of the fund going forward. The union\u2019s next round of contract negotiations with studios and streamers is likely to begin in the near future, as the current deal that ended the 2023 strike expires June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fran Drescher\u2019s \u201cRobin Hood fund\u201d is finally getting off the ground, nearly two years after it was touted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,3961,13409],"class_list":{"0":"post-12856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-labor","12":"tag-sag-aftra"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}