Mississippi Business Journal » filmmaking http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 House committee passes bill aimed at improving filmmaking incentives http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/house-committee-passes-bill-aimed-at-improving-filmmaking-incentives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-committee-passes-bill-aimed-at-improving-filmmaking-incentives http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/house-committee-passes-bill-aimed-at-improving-filmmaking-incentives/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:05:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53567 JACKSON — Mississippi legislators are hoping to raise the caps on the state’s rebate incentives for film production. A bill that would make the change passed the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday and moved to the full House for consideration. The state’s current film incentives apply to feature films, narrative and documentary shorts, commercials [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/house-committee-passes-bill-aimed-at-improving-filmmaking-incentives/feed/ 0 ‘The Help’ surpasses $100M at domestic box office http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/01/the-help-surpasses-100m-at-domestic-box-office/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-help-surpasses-100m-at-domestic-box-office http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/01/the-help-surpasses-100m-at-domestic-box-office/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:59:44 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=45509 According to DreamWorks Pictures, the film “The Help” has surpassed the $100-million mark at the domestic box office. The film’s director, Tate Taylor, said, “We never imagined this film, which began its journey inspired by the enthusiasm of a small group of Mississippi friends, would ever even get made. Now to have it seen and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/01/the-help-surpasses-100m-at-domestic-box-office/feed/ 0 Judge tosses lawsuit against ‘The Help’ author http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/17/judge-tosses-lawsuit-against-the-help-author/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-tosses-lawsuit-against-the-help-author http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/17/judge-tosses-lawsuit-against-the-help-author/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:06:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=44835 JACKSON — Did Kathryn Stockett use her brother’s African American maid as the basis for a character in the bestselling novel-turned-movie “The Help?” For now, that question may go unanswered, by a court anyway. A Mississippi judge threw out a lawsuit yesterday in which Ablene Cooper alleged Stockett used her likeness without permission in a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/17/judge-tosses-lawsuit-against-the-help-author/feed/ 0 Officials debate economic impact of ‘The Help’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/15/officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/15/officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:22:00 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=44793 GREENWOOD — The Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Industrial Foundation estimates that the filming of the hit movie “The Help” was a big help to the Greenwood area economy. Bill Crump, the foundation’s chairman, said the film’s production in Greenwood last summer brought $13 million into the community. Crump told The Greenwood Commonwealth that evidence of the economic effect [...]

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