Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

However, “American Primeval,” a new limited series on Netflix from Mark L. Smith — the writer of the Academy Award-winning “The Revenant” — takes a different approach.

“‘American Primeval’ buried wrongheaded stereotypes even deeper into the public psyche and did little to bring understanding of the real American West,” writes Forrest Cuch in an op-ed.

Dane DeHann in ‘American Primeval’ (2025) (Credit: Netflix via IMDb). I won’t try to sum up all the gore in “American Primeval,” because that would take more space than we have here. Let me say that I ...

In the first few minutes of Episode 1 of American Primeval, a man is suddenly shot dead. Sara (Betty Gilpin), who is travelling with her son, Devin (Preston Mota), reaches Fort Bridger, a trading ...

‘American Primeval’ and the Utah War — a historian’s take on the real men, real militias and real massacres The show’s depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants ...

EXCLUSIVE: With American Primeval, Eric Newman now has six Netflix hits under his belt. The western miniseries was the most-watched TV series on the streamer last week with 14.3M views from ...

American Primeval creator shares tantalising detail about season 2 of Netflix series ‘That’s the way we’d go if we do it,’ creator Peter Berg said Jacob Stolworthy ...

American Primeval, Netflix’s flashy (and quite gory) new series depicts the clash between zealous Mormons, imperial federal troops, crude trappers, and bloodthirsty Natives. Think Under the Banner of ...

The Utah War serves as a backdrop for much of the American Primeval's tension, highlighting the armed conflict between Mormon settlers and U.S. military forces from 1857 to 1858.

American Primeval was filmed primarily in New Mexico, with only two of the 130 days of filming taking place indoors. Berg told Tudum that he was inspired to build out the predominantly outdoors ...