Robert Taylor returns to Netflix for new series Territory — and here's everything you need to know.
And just when we were thinking we’d sure like to see Longmire star and C&I reader favorite Robert Taylor in a new series, along comes Netflix with an announcement that the Australian-born actor is returning to his Down Under roots in Territory, a neo-Western drama set to premiere Oct. 24 on the streamer.
Upcoming Release : Territory
What’s it all about? According to Netflix, Territory “follows the fight for power in the remote and unforgiving Australian outback when the world’s largest cattle station is left without an apparent heir. Imagine the family drama of your favorite prime-time soap, but set in a region so rough and remote that nearly everything can kill you.”
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“When 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.”
Taylor plays Colin Lawson, alongside Anna Torv (The Last of Us) as Emily Lawson, Michael Dorman (For All Mankind, Joe Pickett) as Graham Lawson, Sam Corlett (Vikings: Valhalla) as Marshall Lawson, and Philippa Northeast (Limbo) as Susie Lawson.
Territory — filmed under the working title Desert King — was created by Timothy Lee (Mystery Road) and Ben Davis (Outback Ringer, Bondi Rescue). Davies said in a prepared statement that the series was born under improbable circumstances. During the Covid pandemic, he and producer Rob Gibson (Colin From Accounts) were walking and talking as they rambled through Sydney’s Bondi Beach, and were “excited about the prospect of doing a big-scale, high-stakes action drama set on a cattle station, in a part of the country you don’t often see on screen.
“It was a complete contrast as we were surrounded by the Bondi crowd, people moving past us in their activewear, wet suits, carrying their surfboards while Rob and I were dreaming up stories about people in jeans, boots and flannel shirts in the Top End.”
And if you want some idea of the production values — well, again, according to Netflix: Territory “was filmed across the Northern Territory and South Australia in locations so remote they’re barely inhabited — let alone shown on-screen. Locations include the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park — with special permission from the Traditional Owners — and Tipperary Station, a real-life, working cattle station that’s so large it has its own airfield and school.
“For scale, the real-life Anna Creek Station, which served as one of the inspirations for the series, is bigger than the state of New Jersey. Let’s put it this way: The land is so large and so unfathomable that the preferred modes of transportation are helicopters and private jets. Australia is roughly the size of the contiguous 48 US states but with about a third of the population, and some of the landowners in the outback have land holdings bigger than many countries. (Anna Creek Station is bigger than all of Slovenia.) This is a massive industry spread over a massive amount of land — with a massive amount of money at stake.”
Catch More of Robert Taylor
If you are looking for more ways to watch Robert Taylor in action, there are plenty of plenty of choices. Catch him in roles such as Home and Away, The Feds (TV movie series), Stingers, Blue Heelers, Vertical Limit, Ballykissangel, and more.
Watch this space for additional news about Territory. In the meantime, you can still get your Robert Taylor fix with one of the biggest Netflix series. Watch (or rewatch) all six seasons of Longmire remain available for streaming.
