French film companies Rectangle Productions and Goodfellas have completed their merger, the two companies unveiled on Friday.
Rectangle, the production house behind San Sebastian opener Emmanuelle and 2021 Venice festival winner Happening, and Vincent Maraval’s Goodfellas, who have handled international sales on such features as Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning The Boy and The Heron, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, finalized their merger on November 4, 2024. The companies have been collaborating for years, with Goodfellas handling sales on Rectangle productions including Emmanuelle, Valerie Donzelli’s Cannes 2023 film Just the Two of Us, and Charlene Favier’s Oxana, among others.
The merger, the companies said, was “carried out in the interests of all stakeholders” and marked “an important milestone for these long-standing partners.”
Rectangle Productions, under Alice Girard and Edouard Weil, said it will retain its brand, creative independence, attached talent, and all ongoing projects. In a statement, the company said it was devoted to continuing to “produce ambitious films and TV series in collaboration with their usual talents and partners.”
For Goodfellas, the merger gives a major boost to the company’s film and TV production business, as well as providing a new source of content to feed its international sales business.
Rectangle was co-founded in 2003 by Weil, who was joined by co-producer Alice Girard in 2012. The company has produced some 60 features to date.
