Legendary Entertainment
Josh
Grode
CEO
Now six years on the job as CEO of Legendary, in 2023 Grode positioned the shop behind “Dune” and “Godzilla vs. Kong” for stability and growth. He negotiated a new $800 million revolving credit facility with J.P. Morgan in April and bolstered his television unit with the hiring of a new president, Jason Clodfelter, in August. Grode has also been charting the next iteration of Legendary’s film slate with a new theatrical distribution partner in Sony Pictures Entertainment following the company’s long entanglement with Warner Bros. The latter is still releasing “Dune: Part Two,” starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, though Grode was first of the major content brass to blink in the face of this year’s brutal union strikes, moving the sci-fi epic from its planned November release date to March 2024.