Alex Jackson Joins Alan Ritchson's Dancing Skeleton as President of Film and TV
Alan Ritchson's production company, Dancing Skeleton, has hired Alex Jackson as its president of film and TV, The Hollywood Reporter reported on 9 November 2026.
Jackson comes to the company from Chernin Entertainment, where he was senior vice president of film and TV. There he led the packaging, sale and development of projects to HBO, Lionsgate and Netflix. Packaging means putting the core elements of a project, such as the script, director and cast, together before a studio or streamer agrees to buy it.
Before Chernin, he spent several years at Paramount Pictures, first as senior vice president of production for the motion picture group. In that role he guided Terminator: Dark Fate, Babylon, Infinite and The Lovebirds through production. He also worked on The Running Man and Gladiator 2 during that stretch.
His career started at Media Rights Capital, where he spent nearly a decade and rose to vice president of production. He was involved with Baby Driver, the Ted franchise, Elysium and The Dark Tower during those years.
The hire comes as Dancing Skeleton expands on the television side. The company has signed a three-year first-look television deal with Amazon MGM Studios. A first-look deal gives the studio the first chance to develop and buy a producer's ideas for the length of the agreement. Under this one, Dancing Skeleton will develop and produce shows for Prime Video.
Ritchson is also busy on screen. He stars opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Man With the Bag, a holiday film directed by Adam Shankman. He is best known to many viewers as the lead of Prime Video's Reacher series, based on Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels. In September, Variety reported that Ritchson said the series planned to adapt the novel Die Trying for a future season.
For a production company working in both film and television, a single senior executive overseeing both is a common way to keep projects moving between the two. Jackson's time on the buying side at a streamer's suppliers and at a major studio gives Dancing Skeleton someone who has sold projects and made them. Neither the company nor the trade report has said what projects he will start with.
