Over the years, northern Nevada has been expanding its role in the film industry.
Right now, a movie distributed by Warner Brothers is currently filming in Carson City and Washoe Valley.
The filmmakers say this is a "Yellowstone" type of film that asks the question: "Are we able to move past the mistakes of our parents, or are we doomed to repeat them?"
"It's a film about family," said Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz, director of the film. "It's a film about tradition."
The snow was falling in Washoe Valley on Monday when we went to get a behind the scenes look at the set of Casa Grande.
The production company, ESX Entertainment, says this is a sequel to a five-part series on Amazon Prime Video that goes by the same name.
The series was shot in northern California, and they feel like the neighboring state was the best place to capture this movie.
"When we first landed here we're like, 'Wow, it looks like a postcard,' and we like leaning into the snow," said Ali Afshar, President of ESX Entertainment. "It looks fake almost, it's so beautiful; we were like this is perfect place for Casa Grande."
"From the farms, to the mountains, to the city, to the small town feel and everything in reach," Pablo Arias Muñoz said. "You have so many great locations that are so untapped for film and television that it's such a pleasure to be here."
Monday, they were in a house shooting some scenes and also were choreographing for a fight scene.
The filmmakers say the weather conditions have been both a blessing and a curse.
"It's so cool looking with the snow and what not, but then all of a sudden cars are getting stuck in the mud. We're parking in this field and we have to tow them out, and we are shooting in really cold weather," Afshar said. "So, actually I went out to Scheels here and spent a ton of money. We don't even have Scheels in California, and I'm like - look at this big awesome place."
Helping the company make the film are some folks from northern Nevada and Las Vegas.
There are people with the Future Filmmakers Foundation from the Cordillera Film Festival.
"They're really prepared," Pablo Arias Muñoz said. "It's not like we're giving them their first experience they've ever had. They come on set and they're already doing a great job."
Next week, ESX Entertainment will be starting to shoot another movie down in Las Vegas.
They're hoping for a bigger future for the film industry in the state.
"We hope that Nevada, the people of Nevada and the legislation and stuff open up and we can come here and do more here," Afshar said. "Usually we go to Georgia and other countries and what not, but we'd rather come to the Silver State."
Casa Grande is just about done filming.
They will film in the prison in Carson City on Tuesday.
They are hoping the movie will be in theaters by the end of the year, or early 2026.
