Utah Film Commission celebrates banner year for rural, statewide productions

Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef. Photo: courtesy Warner Bros. Discovery.

UTAH — The Utah Film Commission celebrated a year of major productions, local talent, and continued expansion of productions filming across rural communities statewide.

Summit and Wasatch County were highlighted, with HBO’s Mountainhead filmed in and around Park City, and the CBS Original television series Marshals filmed in Summit and Wasatch counties.

“Choosing Utah was one of the best decisions we made in setting up our film,” said Jay Roewe, senior vice president of HBO Global Incentives and Production Planning (Mountainhead). “The scale and scope offered in its beautiful landscapes and uniquely modern locations have allowed us to seamlessly tell our larger-than-life story with the backdrop it deserves.”

According to the commission, in 2025 the Utah Motion Picture Incentive Program enabled 36 productions to film across 14 Utah counties, generating over $136 million in production spending and creating more than 2,600 jobs for Utahns. Over the past four years, the Rural Utah Film Incentive has seen productions spend more than $200 million in rural communities.

Moving forward, they note that all 29 counties in Utah are now prepared to support productions with locations, local coordination, and community readiness.