Josh
Grode

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.