Purportedly 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 make movies, television shows and commercials. Raleigh Studios intends to cooperate with Quinn’s Junction Partnership Properties, a landowner at Quinn’s, to build on a roughly 30-acre parcel.
Huntsman demonstrated his commitment to attracting the film industry to Utah by upping financial incentives filmmakers can receive from the government for working in the state, according to Moore.
Those tax rebates combine with Utah’s natural beauty and the Sundance Film Festival to create an “environment where filmmakers can enjoy themselves for several months at a time while being stationed on a production,” according to the statement from Moore, who did not return telephone calls seeking comment for this story.
Moore claims Raleigh Studios has partnered with R3 Media, Inc., to build the entertainment complex. “CSI: Miami” and “Boston Legal” are among the television shows made at Raleigh facilities.
“Last year, Marvel Studios signed an agreement with Raleigh to film Marvel projects at Raleigh’s Manhattan Beach lot,” according to Moore.
Raleigh Studios is not the first firm interested in setting up at Quinn’s Junction. Heber resident Todd Bay told The Park Record in March that he was working to convince studio executives in California to move to Park City.
Bay has not returned several telephone calls seeking comment about his claims.