Barsoom Pictures Inc. files ROE application to film John Carter of Mars in Kane County, Utah

Barsoom Pictures Inc. recently filed a Right of Entry application (ROE 5387; PDF 2.7 MB) with state and county officials seeking permission to film a portion of the long-awaited Disney/Pixar film John Carter of Mars (2012) on two sites in Kane County, Utah. According to bureaucratic paperwork released by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget:

“ROE 5387 is a Right of Entry application to set up a movie set to film a movie project on trust lands. Set construction will involve temporary road construction to access the property as well as set construction which will include scaffold type sets depicting structures, buildings, walls, platforms, towers, sand dunes ect. Movie sets are proposed for the parcels of land identified below. Set construction is proposed from January 1, 2010 through April. The project will involve up to as many as 250 people for cast and crew. There will be numerous construction vehicles and equipment as well as filming equipment on site for the project.”

Check out the map. Totally geek!