THE LAST CANADIAN TYCOON: LANTOS STRIKES BACK

Written by Nicol DuMoulin
I like that this is being announced just before TIFF.

The plot has just thickened in the Canadian film business.

Robert Lantos, Canada's only real movie tycoon, yesterday came riding back into the distribution business.
Suddenly the turf of independent Canadian distributors is getting to be a crowded, confusing field.

Lantos announced two new companies, Maximum Films International and Maximum Film Distribution, sending a clear signal that he is going into competition with the dominant Canadian film distributor he helped create.
....(Continued on The War Room)