One of the largest independent film companies in the United States, Raleigh Studios and Raleigh Entertainment, is interested in developing a movie studio at Quinn’s Junction, near the east entrance into Park City.

“We are in the beginning stages of a design study that will help us determine the exact size of the scope of the development,” Raleigh Studios President Michael Moore said in a prepared statement Monday. “We are very enthusiastic about this project and we believe the Park City area will provide a terrific backdrop for a studio development on a number of levels.”

In California, Raleigh has production facilities in Hollywood, Manhattan Beach, Playa Vista and Sylmar, according to Moore. The company also operates studios in Baton Rouge, La., Orlando, Fla., Charlotte, N.C. and Budapest, Hungary.

The facilities are used to produce movies, television shows and commercials. Raleigh Studios intends to cooperate with Quinn’s Junction Partnership, a landowner at Quinn’s Junction, to build on a roughly 30-acre parcel.

“CSI: Miami” and “Boston Legal” are among the television shows made at Raleigh Studios. “Last year, Marvel Studios signed an agreement with Raleigh to film Marvel projects at Raleigh’s Manhattan Beach lot,” according to the statement Monday.

But many local elected officials are against the project, which could be developed in conjunction with an 800-room hotel the U.S. Air Force wants built at Quinn’s Junction. The hotel would provide discounted vacation lodging for soldiers.

The Utah Legislature passed a bill in March that would make it possible to bypass strict local zoning ordinances and develop the massive project under the Military Installation Development Authority Act. But Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. hasn’t signed the controversial legislation into law.

Key elected officials in Summit County say they want the governor to veto the bill. They met with Huntsman behind closed doors last week.

“It should be understood that it wasn’t necessarily a request to veto the bill, but the conversation essentially came to this point, that they needed to work together and figure out how this plan would go forward, and how the issue is going to be dealt,” Huntsman spokeswoman Lisa Roskelley said.

The governor will decide whether to veto Senate Bill 216 by Wednesday, she said.