(RNS) — The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within a few days is a sensationalized fabrication intended to 'entertain.

Netflix’s limited series “American Primeval” thrusts audiences into the viciousness of the American West, specifically the Utah Territory in 1857. And that’s exactly the story director Peter Berg ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

For decades, Hollywood has shaped the myth of the American West through its fixation on cowboys and Indians — a genre that has dominated cinema and television with romanticized portrayals of frontier ...

There are plenty of assertions that the popular series “American Primeval” — billed as historical fiction — accurately portrayed Native culture by using Native actors and cultural settings. But I ...

Preston Mota and Betty Gilpin in 'American Primeval' (2025) (Credit: Netflix via IMDb). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the ...

Netflix series American Primeval has come under fire from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-say Saints (LDS), which has branded the show "dangerously misleading." The six-part drama, which ...

Assistant costume designer Mila Hermanovski tells IndieWire about creating hundreds of authentic period garments for the Netflix show — not to mention the moccasins. “I don’t know if you caught this, ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

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 January 13 ...

Director Peter Berg, executive producer Eric Newman, Indigenous Consultant Julia O’Keefe, stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Irene Bedard, Kim Coates, Derek Hinkey and more discuss the show's approach ...

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 ...