In mid-2008, eOne made a blockbuster four - part deal largely engineered by Lantos: it bought three TV companies, two in Canada and one in the U.S., plus Lantos's
boutique film distributor Maximum Films.
The nation's first J - Pop mall is in the works in San Francisco, created by Japanese
film distributor Viz Pictures, and will feature a Japanese - only
film theater, bookstore, cafà © and fashion
boutiques with the U.S.'s first
boutique for Gothic Lolita fashion.