David Ready

David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and the current EVP at Chernin Entertainment.

Life and career

A native of Boston and graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Ready previously served as a production executive for Jerry Weintraub and subsequently at Di Bonaventura Pictures.[1] He joined Chernin Entertainment in 2013.[2] His credits include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Salt, Red and Red 2, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Man on a Ledge, and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.[3] He also produced The Mountain Between Us (2017), Red Sparrow (2018),[4][5] and Tolkien (2019), a biopic of J. R. R. Tolkien, all for Chernin. Tolkien was directed by Dome Karukoski and stars Nicholas Hoult.[6]

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit
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
2020Fear Street
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gollark: Well, in my case, I make random stuff which is "useful" to me and release it upon an unsuspecting world in case someone wants it.
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References
  1. Ready, David. "Next Generation 2011: Film". Hollywood Reporter. THR Staff. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. Ready, David. "Chernin Ent. Promotes Jenno Topping To President Of Film". Deadline Hollywood. The Deadline Team. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. Ready, David. "David Ready--IMDB". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. Ready, David. "Kate Winslet in Talks to Star Opposite Idris Elba in 'Mountain Between Us'". Variety. Dave McNary. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. Ready, David. "Joel Edgerton in Talks to Join Jennifer Lawrence in Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow'". Variety. Dave McNary. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. Kroll, Justin. "Nicholas Hoult Eyed to Play J.R.R. Tolkien in Biopic". Variety. Retrieved 29 August 2017.


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