Netflix's Violent New Series 'American Primeval' Might Be Hard to Watch
The show is set in 1857 America when "up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear," according to Netflix. "Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace—even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival."
All the filming locations behind the new Netflix show ‘American Primeval’
While the story that unfolds on-screen took place in the 19th century Utah Territory – now Utah state – the show was filmed entirely in New Mexico, 600 miles to the south east.
‘American Primeval’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Netflix’s Western Miniseries?
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'American Primeval' review: Can Netflix's grimy Western mini-series best 'Yellowstone'?
However, it saps anything resembling wistfulness from its Hollywood Western roots, complicating its chances of cornering the post-Yellowstone market (alongside the latter's many spin-offs). What's left is the husk of a beloved genre,
What Is the True Story Behind Netflix's Violent Western American Primeval?
The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their beliefs, the pride with which the native people held onto their ancestral lands, and the tragedy of the people just seeking to make a new home in the chaos. But is any of it true?
‘American Primeval’ Review: Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin Find Blood in a Hopeless Place
Set during 1857's Utah War, 'American Primeval' lays out a world where love conquers little and indifference is the only path to survival. [REVIEW]
American Primeval review: a bloody Netflix Western full of wasted potential
American Primeval is a sprawling, epic TV series, one that feels both deeply indebted to the Westerns of old and a purposeful rebuke of them. Present still are the genre’s John Ford-esque cloudless skies,
'American Primeval' review: Brutal Western makes 'Game of Thrones' look tame
The Western can be a deeply romantic genre with white hats and black hats, dusty streets and beautiful sunsets. Great films and TV series have broken with our rose-colored expectations of the American frontier,
Netflix's ‘American Primeval' Is a Brutally Violent Western Led by a Compelling Taylor Kitsch: TV Review
In Netflix’s new limited series, “American Primeval,” written by “The Revenant” scribe Mark. L. Smith, audiences are thrust into the viciousness of the American West, specifically the Utah Territory in 1857.
‘American Primeval’ Review: A Wild-West Crusade on Netflix
Peter Berg directs an epic six-part drama about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which more than 100 settlers were murdered by militant Mormons.
American Primeval Review: A Wild West Melting Pot Boils Over
Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies
How ‘Jeremiah Johnson' and an Ice Axe Inspired Peter Berg's Epic Netflix Western ‘American Primeval'
The director of "American Primeval" stops by IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about how he embarked on the ...
Will There Be An ‘American Primeval’ Season 2? We Asked Director and EP Peter Berg
We don’t know yet! Netflix has yet to announce plans for a second season of American Primeval, but director and EP Peter Berg told Decider, he’s game — with a couple of caveats.
‘American Primeval’ Review: Hopeless on the Range
In the catalog of the modern western, a lot of space is given to stories focused on what is assumed to have been the sheer ...
‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars ...
‘American Primeval’ Star Betty Gilpin Says Sara’s “Horrible, Traumatic Experience” in Episode 3 “Unlocks” Her Wild Side
What follows is traumatic episode that culminates in Sara “finding her inner ‘American primeval,'” according to series star ...
New Netflix series debuts Thursday about Brigham Young, Mountain Meadows. Is it accurate?
Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the ...
Are you watching ‘American Primeval’? Let us explain a key moment: the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
As you watch Netflix's "American Primeval," learn more about a key moment in the first episode: the Mountain Meadows Massacre ...
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Decider Streamline: 'American Primeval' on Netflix, 'The Traitors' Season 3 on Peacock and More
Whether you are looking for a reality show like "The Traitors" or a drama like "American Primeval," there is so much to watch ...