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David Ready

David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and President of Film at Chernin Entertainment.

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David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and President of Film1 at Chernin Entertainment.

Life and career

A native of Boston and graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Ready previously was a production executive for Jerry Weintraub and subsequently at Di Bonaventura Pictures. He was featured in The Hollywood Reporter's 2011 "Next Gen" list.2 He joined Chernin Entertainment in 2013,3 where his producing credits include Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Mountain Between Us (2017), Red Sparrow (2018),45Tolkien, Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Slumberland, and Luther: The Fallen Sun.678 His upcoming credits include future installments of the Fear Street franchise with Netflix, and a biopic about the rock band, Sublime with 3000 Pictures, director, Francis Lawrence, and writer, Chris Mundy.910

In early 2025, he produced Netflix's upcoming Apex (2026 film) starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton.

His earlier credits include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Salt, Red and Red 2, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, and Man on a Ledge.11

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Production executive
Imagine That Production executive
2010 Salt Production executive
Red Co-producer
2012 Man on a Ledge Executive producer
2013 Red 2 Executive producer
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Co-producer
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Executive producer
2017 The Mountain Between Us
2018 Red Sparrow
2019 Tolkien
2021 Fear Street Part One: 1994
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
2022 Slumberland
2023 Luther: The Fallen Sun
2026 Apex
References

References

  1. "Leadership Team · North Road · Peter Chernin · Scott Manson". www.northroadcompany.com. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  2. Ready, David (November 2011). "Next Generation 2011: Film". Hollywood Reporter. THR Staff. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. Ready, David (28 February 2013). "Chernin Ent. Promotes Jenno Topping To President Of Film". Deadline Hollywood. The Deadline Team. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. Ready, David (8 June 2016). "Kate Winslet in Talks to Star Opposite Idris Elba in 'Mountain Between Us'". Variety. Dave McNary. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. Ready, David (4 August 2016). "Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow'". Variety. Dave McNary. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. Welk, Brian (2019-01-17). "J.R.R. Tolkien Biopic With Nicholas Hoult Gets Summer 2019 Release Date". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  7. Kit, Borys (2021-02-18). "Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort Join Jason Momoa in Fantasy 'Slumberland' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  8. Hipes, Patrick (2022-12-21). "Netflix's 'Luther' Movie Gets A Title Ahead Of March Debut; Idris Elba Back In First-Look Photos". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  9. Hermanns, Grant (2023-10-15). "Fear Street 4 & More Sequels Get Confident Update From Author 2 Years After Netflix Horror Trilogy". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  10. Kroll, Justin (2022-09-15). "Sublime Biopic In The Works At 3000 Pictures With Francis Lawrence Directing". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  11. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2018-08-16). "Chernin Entertainment Promotes David Ready To Exec Veep Film & Television". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
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