David Ready

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 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 TBA The Big Fix