Now, Netflix has revealed the trailer for American Primeval.Opening with a sequence set to the theme of a hummed "My Country 'Tis Of Thee," a young person asks "what do you think's out there," to ...

Netflix‘s American Primeval is essentially a show about how much it sucked to live in 1857 Utah Territory. From the moment that Sara Rowell (Betty Gilpin) and her son Devin (Preston Mota) arrive ...

While there may be legitimate inaccuracies in American Primeval, those flaws seem to be minor and not that detrimental to the series, as the western’s been comfortably situated at the high-end ...

Netflix has confirmed that American Primeval will release on Thursday, January 9, so it'll be one of the first big Netflix shows of 2025. In true Netflix style, all six episodes will land at once.

However, the backdrop of American Primeval is based on reality. In 1857, Mormons disguised as Paiutes did massacre a group of settlers in a tragedy known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

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 ...

Netflix’s newest limited series takes us back to 1857. American Primeval, a six-episode drama set during the fight for control of the American West, follows a group of men and women as they ...

‘American Primeval’ Review: Netflix’s Violent Western Plays Like a Masochistic Binge. Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch headline a dirty but delicate tale of intrigue and brutality ...

American Primeval Is “Factually Accurate,” Says Its Director, But It Also Relies on Fictional Composites to Tell Its Story Berg and others went to the site of the Utah massacre, ...

Like “The Revenant,” “American Primeval” is loosely based on actual events, in this case the Utah War of 1857-58, when settlers belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

Hell, apparently, is Utah in 1857. At least that's the way it looks in "American Primeval," Netflix's new Western, for which "brutal" isn't a strong enough adjective. It's savage and primal and ...

“American Primeval” is set amid the real-life clashes between the U.S. Army, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Shoshone, Southern Paiute and Ute tribes.