Kevin Costner Makes Plans to Build Film Studio in Utah After Finalizing Divorce

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Costner on Feb. 4, 2023.Photo:Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Kevin Costneris getting to work afterfinalizing his divorce from his ex-wifeChristine.

Multipleoutletshavereportedthat Costner, 69, is building a brand-new film studio in St. George, Utah, named Territory Film Studios, roughly 30 minutes outside Utah’s Zion National Park. The city’s mayor Michele Randall announced the plans in a recent State of the City address she delivered last Tuesday, asThe Salt Lake Tribunereported. Randall told Fox Business that the studio plans to “break ground in the spring or summer,” depending on the speed of permit processes for the new complex.

Territory Film Studios plans to build 152,750 square feet of studio space at an industrial complex near the city’s airport, including a “Costner-themed” restaurant that will also offer catering services, as theTribunereported.

Costner filmed his two upcoming movies for his long-awaited seriesHorizon: An American Sagain Utah, as theTribunereported back in October. The first entry in the series is expected to release in theaters June 28, with the sequel expected to release just under two months later in August. The actor grew interested in building a film studio in the area after he found it difficult to find a warehouse to shoot scenes in, the outlet reported.

Joyce Kelly, a sales and event manager with Utah’s Greater Zion Tourism Office, told Fox Business that Costner “has truly fallen in love with this state” while filmingHorizon, leading to his plans for the new film studio.

Kevin Costner on March 5, 2022.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

She also told the outlet that Costner plans to return to St. George to filmHorizon’s third and fourth installments. The actor and filmmaker has previously said hehas been working on the seriesin various forms since 1988.

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Kevin Costner on March 27, 2022.Karwai Tang/Getty Images

Karwai Tang/Getty Images

TheYellowstoneactor and his ex-wife have already agreed to retain joint custody of their three children andotherwise settled their divorceback in September. Costner and Christineshare three children: sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 15, plus daughter Grace, 13.

A rep for Kevin told PEOPLE in a statement back in September that the couple “have come to an amicable and mutually agreed upon resolution of all issues pertaining to their divorce proceedings,” afterTMZinitially reported news of their settlement.

Costner’sHorizonmovies and burgeoning film studio in Utah are not the only projects on his to-do list. The actor is set to star in and produce an untitled upcoming feature film with directorAriel Vromen, based on a script that Costner owns the rights to, asDeadlinereported on Feb. 6. Vromen, who worked with Costner as recently as in 2016’sCriminal, described the upcoming movie as Costner’s “incredible longtime passion project” in anInstagrampost he shared at that time.

source: people.com