Screen Territory director Jennie Hughes.

Screen Territory eyes location for Top End studio as production momentum grows

When Netflix decided to change the title of its upcoming neo-Western series from Desert King to Territory, there was arguably no one more excited than NT Tourism, according to Screen Territory director Jennie Hughes.

Speaking ahead of last week’s Screen Territory Summit in Darwin, Hughes said the news that the biggest production ever to film in the Northern Territory would be eponymous of its shooting location was music to the ears of the agency, which shares office space with Screen Territory on the eighth...