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Netflix series Territory gets rave reviews as cast and crew hit red carpet in SA

23 October 2024

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) and Netflix rolled out the red carpet for SA made and SAFC supported series Territory last night ahead of its worldwide premiere on Thursday, 24 October 2024.

The special screening event saw more than 150 guests come together at Adelaide’s Palace Nova Eastend for a sneak preview of the new six-part drama, including Territory‘s director Greg McLean, writer Kodie Bedford and South Australian producer Paul Ranford, along with dozens of SA cast and crew.

Other invited guests included Senator Marielle Smith and elected representatives from South Australian locations featured in Territory including Member for Frome Penny Pratt MP, Member for Hammond Adrian Pederick MP, Member for Bragg Jack Batty MP, Murray Bridge Mayor Wayne Thorley, Walkerville Mayor Melissa Jones and West Torrens Mayor Michael Coxon. Also in attendance were SAFC Board Members Angela Heesom, Brian Hayes KC and Lauren Hillman, General Manager of The Mercury Sarah Lancaster, distinguished members of the SAFC’s Screen Circle and members of the SA screen industry, as well as SAFC CEO Kate Croser and staff.

Territory has already attracted rave reviews from critics:

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★★★★
“Succession in the outback” makes for rollicking TV

— The Guardian

★★★★
A highly watchable version of the outback that’s larger than life 

— Screenhub

A visually stunning contemporary Western … one of Netflix’s standout productions of the year!

— Travel Weekly

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The six episode neo-western series boasts an all-star cast including Anna Torv (The Newsreader, The Last of Us), Michael Dorman (For All Mankind, Patriot), Robert Taylor (Longmire, The Newsreader) and Sam Corlett (Vikings: Valhalla, The Dry) and follows a fight for power in the remote and unforgiving Australian outback, in an epic and dangerous battle for land, and legacy.

When the world’s largest cattle station, Marianne Station, is left without a clear successor, generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart. Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners — move in for the kill. With billions of dollars at stake, everyone wants a piece of the pie.

The biggest Netflix series ever to be filmed in South Australia, both production and post-production took place in the state, supported by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). Territory employed 236 South Australians including 86 SA crew across production and post, six SA Heads of Department, 150 SA extras and many SA service providers and suppliers.

It also filmed in the Northern Territory, with support from the Northern Territory Government.

Territory premieres on Netflix on 24 October.

See the red carpet photos from the event below.

Photos by Naomi Jellicoe.