David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and President of Film 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. He joined Chernin Entertainment in 2013, where his producing credits include Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Mountain Between Us (2017), Red Sparrow (2018),Tolkien, Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Slumberland, and Luther: The Fallen Sun. 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.

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.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenProduction executive
Imagine ThatProduction executive
2010SaltProduction executive
RedCo-producer
2012Man on a LedgeExecutive producer
2013Red 2Executive producer
2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitCo-producer
2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesExecutive producer
2017The Mountain Between Us
2018Red Sparrow
2019Tolkien
2021Fear Street Part One: 1994
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Fear Street Part Three: 1666
2022Slumberland
2023Luther: The Fallen Sun
2026Apex

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