for the filming of Disney's John Carter of Mars, scheduled to be released in 2012. An enormous production camp has been established along the Colorado River (signed "Barsoom" along the highway in homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs) and access to the Fisher Towers is closed to the public during shooting.One has to admit that the stark landscape and dramatic red rocks in the Moab area make it a natural stand-in for Mars on Earth (as well as countless other classic Western films). I wonder what permit fee is paid to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for such use of public land? Stay tuned. I will investigate.
UPDATE: Here are the details regarding film permitting from the BLM Moab field office. The fees seem set, at least to me, surprisingly low.
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