David Ready

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David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and President of Film [1] at Chernin Entertainment.

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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. [2] He was featured in The Hollywood Reporter's 2011 "Next Gen" list. [3] He joined Chernin Entertainment in 2013, [4] where his producing credits include Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Mountain Between Us (2017), Red Sparrow (2018), [5] [6] Tolkien, Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Slumberland, and Luther: The Fallen Sun. [7] [8] [9] 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. [10] [11]

In early 2025, he produced Netflix's upcoming Apex (upcoming 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 . [12] [13]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
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

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 (November 2011). "Next Generation 2011: Film". Hollywood Reporter. THR Staff. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Ready, David (28 February 2013). "Chernin Ent. Promotes Jenno Topping To President Of Film". Deadline Hollywood. The Deadline Team. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Welk, Brian (2019-01-17). "J.R.R. Tolkien Biopic With Nicholas Hoult Gets Summer 2019 Release Date". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  8. ↑ Kit, Borys (2021-02-18). "Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort Join Jason Momoa in Fantasy 'Slumberland' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Kroll, Justin (2022-09-15). "Sublime Biopic In The Works At 3000 Pictures With Francis Lawrence Directing". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  12. ↑ Ready, David. "David Ready--IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  13. ↑ 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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