Mississippi Business Journal » Wes Benton http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Film: Mississippi’s new multi-million dollar industry? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stealing-500m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 07:00:49 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=40967 All over the state, Mississippi’s film industry infrastructure is getting a boost:  The Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive just got a 5 percent increase, a new Tupelo production facility is open for business,  Canton has a new purpose-built stage and a Gulf Coast Film Office is forming. The state Film Office and local producers believe Mississippi [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/feed/ 4 Q&A: Wes Benton, owner, Red Planet Entertainment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/qa-wes-benton-owner-red-planet-entertainment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-wes-benton-owner-red-planet-entertainment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/qa-wes-benton-owner-red-planet-entertainment/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 06:00:23 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=41006 Lord of the manor Jackson native brings film business back home A film industry veteran of nearly three decades, Wes Benton owns production company Red Planet Entertainment. He has worked on movies like “The Polar Express”, “I Am Legend” and “Avatar.” A Jackson native, Benton studied communications at Mississippi State University before heading out of state [...]

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