From the red rocks that were as much of a main character in the old Western movies to more modern day films in our cities and mountains, on the Bonneville Salt Flats and beyond.
"It's been sanctioned and they've spent a lot of money to be here and we are really appreciative of their interest and all the business that they're bringing to us," Stowell said."It's going to be a big deal when it comes out!" she added. Pearce pointed out Utah's original role was as the main backdrop to the Westerns that started here in 1924 with the movie"The Covered Wagon".
She says the few hundred people involved in the production eat at their restaurants and stay in their hotels, and they hope to have them shooting in Moab and other southern Utah areas for at least the next 3 years.
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