EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment , the flagship branch of North Road Company, has promoted longtime exec David Ready to President of Film. Ready will oversee CE’s film business going forward while reporting to North Road president Scott Manson.
Ready will drive Chernin’s continued growth by servicing its new first-look feature film deal with Apple TV+ , delivering movies in development and production under the company’s prior Netflix deal, and working independently across the major studios and platforms.
CE also announced that Jenno Topping , its longtime President of Television and Film, has inked a new multi-year deal whereby she will continue to oversee a robust slate of projects while also launching her own production company, Jenno Topping Productions, in partnership with N